ackanddiane
never played alone.
Jack picked the flowers.
Diane climbed on the trucks.
The flowers were for Diane.
The truck was Jack's father's.
jackanddiane
always jumped up the fence
on the count of two.
Jack never let Diane lose.
Sometimes he waited
in the air, then fell on the ground.
Diane's father moved away,
and then moved Jack's Diane.
Jack and Diane never saw again—
the purple flower
and the brown fence.
Jack learned to skate,
and jumped in the air
as if he could see—
if he jumped high enough—
his little friend Diane.
1
In this poem, the poet combines the three words "Jack and Diane" to make one long word "jackanddiane." Use your imagination! Why do you think the poet chose to write the words in this way?
A.
to use style to confuse the reader of the poem
B.
to maintain the rhyme and rhythm of the poem
C.
to show how Jack and Diane like to be called
D.
to show that Jack and Diane are close friends
