- First Half
The Essential Question-
What does the character (speaker) represent in his Society (Modernism)?
How is this a love song? What does a love song consist of?
Vocabulary-
Alienation: reluctance, companionship, self consciousness
Stanzas 1-6
The Footnote/Allusion
What does the footnote promise and why?
Allusion- Dante’s Inferno – what is the relevance?
Simile-line 3- explain and identify
Imagery-lines 4-8; what kinds of places are these? Why do they choose to visit them?
Speaker’s Instruction-overwhelming question in lines 10-12; why
Significance of Allusion-significance of Michelangelo, characterization of women
Stanza 3: Imagery– What does this suggest about our speaker and his view of the city?
Connection –how is this similar to Paul Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask”- thematically?
Symbolism- in line 30, why “a plate”? What does this suggest about the listener/ audience?
Speaker’s State of Mind What happens before Tea? What does this suggest about the speaker’s state of mind?
Repetition of Stanza 2-
What thematic connection can you make to explain the repetition?
Stanza 6: Speaker’s Characterization-
Explain the personality of the speaker, communicated in this stanza; use evidence to support your claim.
