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'Poem at Thirty-Nine' by Alice Walker
'Poem at Thirty-Nine' by Alice Walker
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1
What are 2 of the themes which are featured in this poem?
Poverty and love
Youth and beauty
Racism and equality
Love and loss/death
2
What does the structure of the poem show?
The narrator is in love
Anger and disgust
Depression from the narrator
Chaos caused by strong emotions
3
What does "cooking, writing, chopping wood, staring into the fire." symbolize?
Independence and self sufficiency
Life and death
Bravery and hard work
Depression and anxiety
4
What type of poem is 'Poem at Thirty-Nine'?
Free verse
Ballad
Dramatic monologue
Sonnet
5
What does the quote "he must have said: the way it is done." show?
Shows that he wanted to teach her everything
Shows he was a very smart man
Shows he was bossy at times
Shows the values and life-skills her father taught her
6
What does the quote "Now I look and cook just like him" show?
Her father influenced the way she acts and they look alike
They were best friends
They had similar interests
They had a close bond and were happy together
7
What skills did the poet's father teach her?
Teaching, cookery, law
Cookery, truth-telling, paperwork
Cookery, yoga, paperwork
Business, sadness, cleaning
8
What does the quote "happy to feed whoever strays my way" imply about the persona?
The persona is willing to suffer just to help others
She is a good cook
She has an interesting life
She has taken on her fathers role by helping others
9
What does this quote suggest: "my brain light;"?
He told her not to worry and to relax
She was not very smart
Her father taught her approach life light-heartedly.
Her father taught her everything she knew
10
What is the rhyme scheme to this poem?
ABBA
ABCBA
ABA
There is not one
11
What does the use of the word "sharing" imply about her father?
Emphasizes that his job was to help others
Shows he was not greedy
Shows he did not care about himself
Emphasises kind-hearted nature of her father.
12
What 2 literary techniques are used in: "He cooked like a person dancing in a yoga meditation"?
Juxtaposition and simile
Oxymoron and simile
Simile and juxtaposition
Oxymoron and juxtaposition
13
Why is caesura used by Walker?
For her to gather her thoughts and memories
To make it seem as if she couldn't continue on
Because her father was her other half
To show pain
14
In the first stanza, what kind of words are used in terms of syllables?
Singlesyllabic
Monosyllabic
Mono syllables
2 syllables
15
What does the phrase "How I miss my father!" imply?
She is confused about his death
She wanted more time to get to know him better
She does not remember much about him
She is very sad that her father is gone and she is mournful
16
What quotation shows that she closely associates her father with money?
"...even in high school"
"...deposit slips and checks"
"had a savings account"
"staring into the fire
17
What personality trait is her father shown to have from "tossing this and that into the pot;"?
Suggests her and her father liked adventures
Suggests her father enjoyed making his daughters life fun
This suggests her father did not like a lot of change
This suggests that she and her father were unconventional
18
What literary technique is used in the phrase "he cooked like a person dancing."?
Diction
Simile
Metaphor
Juxtaposition
19
What transition is made in the poets attitude towards her father?
Respect to disgust
Disdain to more disdain
Love to admiration
Melancholy to respect
20
What does the phrase "I think of him" represent?
Suggests she can not get over his death
Suggests he is often on her mind interrupting the present
Shows she cares about him a lot
Shows she loves him even though he is not alive
