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1. What does the title of the poem imply that the poem will be about?
2. Summarize what the poem is about. Highlight the irony found in the title of the poem. 3. The term 'once upon a time' both starts an ends the poem. What does this highlight? 4. Identify the contrasts that are found in stanzas 1 and 2. 5. Identify the metaphor in stanza 2. How is it effective in helping you to understand the poem? 6. Explain the phrase 'laugh with their hearts' (l. 2). 7. Identify the 2 literary devices in stanza 4. 8. List what the persona has 'learnt'. What do these lessons learnt imply about the persona's character? 9. What is the persona's wish? Quote the line that supports your point. 10. Examine the phrase 'to unlearn all these muting things' (l.36). Interpret this phrase. 11. Quote the simile in stanza 6. How does this help you to understand the persona's character? 12. What is the tone of the poem? |
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Contributor: Leisa Samuels-Thomas
