Thursday, April 20, 2017

The Line

Today we analyzed this poem and watched the video. It is an extremely powerful message that garnered a bunch of amazing discussion.

 

Poem Text

Analysis questions:
  1. What is the overall message of this poem? Give evidence.
  2. Connect this poem to your everyday use of social media. 
  3. How does this poem relate to making choices? Be specific in your answer.
  4. After you read the poem and watched the video, explain how the speaker's word choice and the way he represents some of the words affect the meaning of the poem.
  5. What words or phrases do you think are important in poem and why?
  6. Connect this poem to our overarching concept of ADAPTATION. Explain with specific examples why you made this connection.