Short Poem answer response

SHORT POEMS

Respond with higher-order critical thinking to the following prompts about “Triolet” by Robert Bridges.
1. How do the first two lines of “Triolet” change in meaning when they reappear at the end of the poem?
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5. Respond with higher-order critical thinking to the following prompts about “First Love: A Quiz” by A. E. Stallings.
1. How does Stallings adapt a classical myth of abduction and rape into a contemporary story? Give specific examples.
2. In each option, does the speaker see the man as dangerous? If so, why does she go with him?
3. What is your interpretation of the last line?
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Revise and finalize your in-class exercise: What symbolism do you find in “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost? Back up your claim with evidence.
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7. Respond with higher-order critical thinking to the following prompt about “The Term” by William Carlos Williams.
1. What symbolism do you find in this poem?
“The Term” by William Carlos Williams
A rumpled sheet 
Of brown paper 
About the length 

And apparent bulk 
Of a man was 
Rolling with the 

Wind slowly over 
And over in 
The street as 

A car drove down 
Upon it and 
Crushed it to 

The ground. Unlike 
A man it rose 
Again rolling 

With the wind over 
And over to be as 
It was before.
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Respond with higher-order critical thinking to the following prompts about “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver.
1. Is this poem addressed to a specific person?
2. What is meant by “good” in the first line?
3. What do the wild geese symbolize? What is the significance of the use of the term “wild”?
4. What other adjectives are used to describe the phenomena of nature? What thematic purpose is served by this characterization of the natural world?
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For these last three assignments you must watch this short video and do; Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3

Respond with higher-order critical thinking to the following prompts about A Doll’s House, Act I.
1. From the opening conversation between Helmer and Nora, what are your impressions of him? Of her? Of their marriage?
2. At what moment in the play do you understand why it is called A Doll’s House?
3. In what ways does Mrs. Linde provide a contrast for Nora?
4. What in Krogstad’s first appearance on stage, and in Dr. Rank’s remarks about him, indicates that the bank clerk is a menace?
5. Of what illegal deed is Nora guilty? How does she justify it?
6. When the curtain falls on Act I, what problems now confront Nora?
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.Respond with higher-order critical thinking to the following prompts about A Doll’s House, Act II.
1. As Act II opens, what are your feelings on seeing the stripped, ragged Christmas tree? How is it suggestive?
2. What events that soon occur make Nora’s situation even more difficult?
3. How does she try to save herself?
4. Why does Nora fling herself into the wild tarantella?
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42. Respond with higher-order critical thinking to the following prompts about A Doll’s House, Act III.
1. For what possible reasons does Mrs. Linde pledge herself to Krogstad?
2. How does Dr. Rank’s announcement of his impending death affect Nora and Helmer?
3. What is Helmer’s reaction to learning the truth about Nora’s misdeed? Why does he blame Nora’s father? What is revealing (of Helmer’s own character) in his remark, “From now on, there can be no question of happiness. All we can do is save the bits and pieces from the wreck, preserve appearances. . . .”?
4. When Helmer finds that Krogstad has sent back the note, what is his response? How do you feel toward him?
5. How does the character of Nora develop in this act?
6. How do you interpret her final slamming of the door?