NAME:
DIRECTIONS: Read and analyze the poem using the FRACTIONS process.
Penelope
by Dorothy Parker (1928)
In the pathway of the sun,
In the footsteps of the breeze,
Where the world and sky are one,
He shall ride the silver seas,
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He shall cut the glittering wave.
I shall sit at home, and rock;
Rise, to heed a neighbor's knock;
Brew my tea, and snip my thread;
Bleach the linen for my bed.
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They will call him brave.
FRACTIONS Step
FR- First Reading
ACT- A Complete Thought
IO- Identify the Obvious
N- Nuances
My Analysis
Mark on the poem
Mark on the poem (find AT LEAST three devices)
S- Statement of Meaning
What is the purpose of the last line of the poem? ___________________________________________
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