Friday, December 16, 2016

These are the test question based points of emphasis from each poem in the packet that will be on the final exam:
The World Is Too Much With Us; Late and Soon
-the accusatory tone
-what problem is Wordsworth talking about
-focus on the sea as representative of Nature
-alternatives/proposed solutions to the problem
-what choice he would make to avoid this happening to him

1990 Special
-time and the life cycle
-retrospective views of the past
-use of seemingly vague/unrelated references (Suicide Kid, swift summer, death, cat)
-tone regarding the passage of life and time

Same Song
-the differences between the "songs" of males and females
-use of imagery/diction pertaining to color, temperature, intensity
-allusion to fairy tales (mirror, mirror)
-word play with words like "fair" and its multiple meanings

We Real Cool
-who is "we"
-voice of what group of people is being heard
-voice/syntax of the abrupt, pointed speech patterns
-use of we rather than I
-tone shift/duality

Ode to My Socks
-symbolism of the socks
-metaphorical treatment of socks and feet
-imagery's effect on voice/tone/mood

Opportunity
-symbol heavy
-ambiguity of language (a great cause, that day, no names or specific times used)
-reliability of the narrator's introduction

There will be a cold read as well that is not a poem.  Approximately 50 questions

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