Poetry Homework Due: Thurs.
Read “The Wind. . . ” by Emily Dickinson on p.950 (or look for it online if you forgot your book). Do questions #2, 3, 4 on the bottom of the page.
- Interpret: Identify the speaker of the poem and infer some traits. Support your answer with text evidence.
2. Interpret: Who is the “guest” in the poem? What does it do as it moves through the house?
3. Interpret: What words and phrases show the guest to be fleeting or fragile? Hypothesize: Does the speaker of the poem see the guest as menacing or kind? Support your answer with text evidence.
4. Recall: What two actions does the speaker try to complete? Infer: What does this suggest about the speaker?
5. Recall/Demonstrate understanding of poetic form/structure: What kind of poem is this? How many stanzas? Infer: Why are some of the lines inverted in a non-grammatical fashion? Support your answer.
****Reminder: Poetry Quiz Friday