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( I'm really bored )

love this poem

When I go away from you

The world beats dead

Like a slackened drum.

I call out for you against the jutted stars

And shout into the ridges of the wind.

Streets coming fast,

One after the other,

Wedge you away from me,

And the lamps of the city prick my eyes

So that I can no longer see your face.

Why should I leave you,

To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night?

ENGAGEMENT

• How does it appeal to you?

• How did you connect with it as an individual?

CONTENT

• Definitions? Find words you don’t understand or find interesting.

• Allusions? Are there any allusions present?

• Paraphrase? Reword it so that you may explain what the poem was essentially about

• Title? How does the title represent the overall message of the poem?

FORM

• Rhyme? Did it follow a particular pattern or rhyme scheme?

• Rhythm? Look at the line breaks and punctuation. How did this effect the way you read the poem?

• Stanza? How many stanzas are present/lines per stanza

• Type? Which form of poetry was it? Free verse, ballad, haiku etc.

STYLE

• Figures of speech? Which figures of speech were used? (ex. Simile, metaphor, alliteration)

• Sensory appeal? Examine descriptive language for imagery.

• Symbols? Is symbolism used? If so, who or what does the symbol represent in the poem?

• Irony? Situational irony, dramatic irony?

• Point of view? Who is the speaker?

PURPOSE

• Context? What is the context of the poem? Setting? Era? Circumstance?

• Mood? Why did you read it the way you did? Describe the overall mood of the poem.

• Theme? Which common themes were present?