Instructor Dowling
Eng 101 Sex Section Poems Worksheet
Answer each question with at least one complete sentence…. P.s. The “speaker” is NOT the
poet. Assess whom is speaking to the reader in each poem. i.e. “The speaker is a lonely girl on
a bridge over a stream.”
Kim Addonizio 819
“First Poem for You”
1. Who is the speaker in this poem & who is being addressed?
2. What images stand out as meaningful?
3. What is the overriding emotion behind this poem?
Wendy Cope 687
“Lonely Hearts”
4. Who is the speaker in this poem & who is being addressed?
5. What images stand out as meaningful?
6. What is the overriding emotion behind this poem?
Sharon Olds (on my website)
“Sex Without Love”
7. Who is the speaker in this poem & who is being addressed?
8. What images stand out as meaningful?
9. What is the overriding emotion behind this poem?
Margaret Atwood 742
“You fit into me”
10. Who is the speaker in this poem & who is being addressed?
11. What images stand out as meaningful?
12. What is the overriding emotion behind this poem?
Billy Collins 722
“Embrace”
1. Who is the speaker in this poem & who is being addressed?
2. What images stand out as meaningful?
3. What is the overriding emotion behind this poem?
Anne Stevenson 897
“Sous-entendu”
1. Who is the speaker in this poem & who is being addressed?
2. What images stand out as meaningful?
3. What is the overriding emotion behind this poem?
John Ciardi 1032
“Most Like an Arch This Marriage”
1. Who is the speaker in this poem & who is being addressed?
2. What images stand out as meaningful?
3. What is the overriding emotion behind this poem?