| Analysis questions | Poem No. 1 | Poem No. 2 |
| What can you learn from the title of the poem? | ||
| Identify and explain poetic devices in the poem. | ||
| How are the words arranged? What is the effect on the reader? | ||
| Identify word clusters to help you determine the theme or main idea of your poem. | ||
| Focus questions:
What is the theme or main idea of your poem? How do you know? How does the title relate to the theme? What image or line from the poem stood out to you? Explain. If you could ask the poet a question, what might it be? Why are you asking that question? |
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| Do you see the poet’s gender reflected in their writing? If so, how? If not, what do you think is the reason?
Do you see any other part of the poet’s intersectionality reflected in their writing? Explain. |
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| How does the poet comment on resilience in this poem? |
