Year 10 - "Piano" + "Poem at 39" Official Quiz

Year 10 - "Piano" + "Poem at 39" Official Quiz

Part One - Quote Identification

What poem is the line from?

Multiple Choice

“How I miss my father.”

• Piano

• Poem at 39

• Neither

Multiple Choice

“Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me;”

• Piano

• Poem at 39

• Neither

Multiple Choice

“Writing deposit slips and checks/I think of him”

• Piano

• Poem at 39

• Neither

Multiple Choice

“Must have grieved him before the end.”

• Piano

• Poem at 39

• Neither

Multiple Choice

“To the old Sunday evenings at home,”

• Piano

• Poem

• Neither

Multiple Choice

“My manhood is cast/ down”

• Piano

• Poem at 39

• Neither

Multiple Choice

“In the boom of the tingling strings”

• Piano

• Poem at 39

• Neither

Multiple Choice

“Seasoning none of my life”

• Piano

• Poem at 39

• Neither

Multiple Choice

“Staring into the fire”

• Piano

• Poem at 39

• Neither

Multiple Choice

“I weep like a child for the past”

• Piano

• Poem at 39

• Neither

Part Two - Open Analysis

Two questions - 10 minutes each

Pick One

• How would you explain the atmosphere of “Piano” - make sure that you are pointing to specific moments in the poem.

• We know that “Piano” is a lyric poem - what is a lyric poem? Why would D.H. Lawrence chose this format for the poem?

Open Ended

How would you explain the atmosphere of “Piano” - make sure that you are pointing to specific moments in the poem.

OR

We know that “Piano” is a lyric poem - what is a lyric poem? Why would D.H. Lawrence chose this format for the poem?

Pick One

• Pick one of the themes in “Poem at 39” and explore how it is presented to us in the poem.

• We know that “Poem at 39” is a free verse poem - what is a free verse poem? Why would Alice Walker choose this format for her poem?

Open Ended

Pick one of the themes in “Poem at 39” and explore how it is presented to us in the poem.

OR

We know that “Poem at 39” is a free verse poem - what is a free verse poem? Why would Alice Walker choose this format for her poem?