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Name of the poet: ______________________________________________________________

After reading the poem, respond to it in two ways:

(1) intellectually -- What do you think it’s about? Why? What is its message? Etc.

(2) emotionally -- What effect does it have on you? How does it make you feel? Why? Etc.

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Read the poem again (really read it again!) and pick out some words/phrases that you find interesting, unique, descriptive, powerful, curious, etc… List them below:

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Name of the reader of the poem: __________________________________________________

As you watch the video, list some information that you have learned about the reader of the poem. Select things you found noteworthy or interesting. Make sure to include why this poem is significant/meaningful to the reader.

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Finally, recapture what you thought and how you felt when you read the poem initially (before you heard the person reading it). In your opinion, how did the person’s reading of the poem enhance the poem for you? Detract from the poem for you? Both? Explain why.

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