Thoughts of Hanoi

_{What does the poem depict?}

• Two countries in peace 
• Love and survival 
• Home country torn apart
• Fruit Loops 

“The night is deep and chill… Pitchblack, it thickens after each lightning flash.” What does this symbolize?

• The current situation and how rough it is
• Just a piece of unnecessary imagery 
• It doesn't symbol anything 
• This is a trick question

Does the poem "Thoughts of Hanoi" have imagery?

• True 
• False 

 "still I yearn
still I fear
those endless nights
waiting for dawn."
What does this express?

• This speaker is just daydreaming 
• This does not relate to the poem and should be taken out
• Expresses the speaker's lack of curosity for the situation 
• expresses the speaker’s ambivalent feelings about waiting and hoping for the future. 

    Which quotation in the poem shows repetition? 

• "Brother,/how is Hang dao now?" "Brother,/how is all that now?" "Brother, we are men,/conscious of more"
•  The night is deep and chill as in early autumn. Pitchblack, it thickens after each lightning flash. 
• Brother, how is Hang Dao now?
• Stainless blue sky, jubilant voices of children

Which narrative is in the poem?

• "One summer during the world war camp community service, I was in charge of a playground"
• "Early the other morning I started out, not with the pleasure-seakers, but those who toil the day long that they may live."
• "For don't you remember how it was, you and I in school together" 
• "First memories of oneself can be easily confused with fabricated memories made by looking at old pictures."

What event was taking place in the poem? 

• China's Civil War 
• Korean War 
• Vietnam War 
• Second Sino-Japanese War 

What was the situation in Hanoi?

• Hakuna Matata. There was no worries 
• No one cared about what happened, it didn't affect anyone 
• Well actually *natalia's voice* it was popping 
• The war brought great distraught and split families apart. 
  Good friends were forced to fight against each other. 

 The setting is significant in "Thoughts of Hanoi"  mostly because it 

• Has demostrated to the speaker how his old friend has changed
• Has changed drastically because of the war 
• Provides the speaker with pleasant memories of childhood 
• Reflects positive hope for a better future