We then analyzed the poem "Sisters" by P.K. Page.
I then provided you with questions. These are to be answered actively and submitted for Monday's class.
I have pasted the questions below:
How to Read a Poem
The steps to analyzing a poem are
almost the same as the steps to analyzing any other text. You are trying to
gain understanding through this process while NOT wasting your time by reading
without connecting. Active reading of poetry is effective, especially if you
read a poem a few times while doing the steps.
1. Look
at and analyze the title.
2. Look
at how the poem is laid out (stanzas, lines,
rhyme, deviation in shape).
3. Read
it – highlight words or phrases you don’t understand. Look up the meanings and
put them in the margin in your own words (draw a line to attach the definition
to the word)
4. Read
it again and look for examples of figurative language (highlight and label).
5. Read
the whole thing again and, in stanzas or breaks in direction, paraphrase it in
the margins.
6. On
the back, summarize (three sentence) the poem (include attribution information)
7. On
the back, explain what the author is attempting to get across to you (what you
should take away from this piece that you can apply to your own experiences)
II. Read "Sisters" and answer questions
11 to 18.
11. The imagery in the first stanza conveys
the contrast between
A. harshness and mildness
B. rebellion and authority
C. distraction and attention
D. enthusiasm and acceptance
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12. The solar system metaphor in the second
stanza is effective in that it helps to
A. illustrate the contrast in the setting
B. illustrate the sisters' social inadequacies
C. establish the youthful desire for protection
D. establish the egocentric behavior of the sisters
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13. The
sisters ' confidence and
independence is MOST STRONGLY suggested
by
A. "These children split each other open like
nuts" (line 1)
B. "they own the sun and spin on separate axes"
(lines 6-7)
C. "their joint gentle laughter" (line 11)
D. "leads them into pastures of each others
eyes" (lines 11-12)
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14. The phrase that serves as an IMMEDIATE
contrast to the imagery in the third
stanza is
A. "break and crack" (line 2)
B. "Fierce on the street" (line 6)
C. "attract about them in their motion" (line 8)
D. "in violence hold hatred in their mouths"
(line 10)
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15. In the third stanza, the position of the
phrase "beyond, the world is barren"
reinforces the sisters'
A. boredom with life
B. absorption in each other
C. immunity from responsibility
D. perception of the hardships of others
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16. The phrase "contract tenderness from
each other like disease" (lines 13-14)
implies that
A. gentleness is contagious
B. the sisters encourage conflict
C. the sisters disturb each other
D. gentleness prevents unhappiness
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17. The image in the last line of the poem
serves both to describe the quality of
the sisters' speech and to reflect the
A. universal appeal of beauty
B. universal nature of fragility
C. dramatic metamorphoses in the sisters' behavior
D. mysterious metamorphoses in the sisters' growth
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18. The
poem MOST STRONGLY suggests that
the sisters' relationship is both
A. exciting and dull
B. dangerous and safe
C. volatile and nurturing
D. calculated and innocent
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