Annotation Rubric: “What I think the poet means here is…” (4)
“When the poet says (quote) do they mean ______ or ______?” (2)
“This line made me feel ________ because ______” (2)
Hanging Fire
By Audre Lorde
I am fourteen
and my skin has betrayed me
the boy I cannot live without
still sucks his thumb
in secret
how come my knees are
always so ashy
what if I die
before the morning comes
and momma's in the bedroom
with the door closed.
I have to learn how to dance
in time for the next party
my room is too small for me
suppose I die before graduation
they will sing sad melodies
but finally
tell the truth about me
There is nothing I want to do
and too much
that has to be done
and momma's in the bedroom
with the door closed.
Nobody even stops to think
about my side of it
I should have been on Math Team
my marks were better than his
why do I have to be
the one
wearing braces
I have nothing to wear tomorrow
will I live long enough
to grow up
and momma's in the bedroom
with the door closed.
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AP Literature
Annotation Rubric: “What I think the poet means here is…” (4)
“When the poet says (quote) do they mean ______ or ______?” (2)
“This line made me feel ________ because ______” (2)
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AP Literature
Describe and explain the purpose and appeal of Lorde’s poem in 8-10 sentences.
Annotation Rubric: “What I think the poet means here is…” (4)
“When the poet says (quote) do they mean ______ or ______?” (2)
“This line made me feel ________ because ______” (2)
This Be The Verse
By Philip Larkin
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.
Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.
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AP Literature
Annotation Rubric: “What I think the poet means here is…” (4)
“When the poet says (quote) do they mean ______ or ______?” (2)
“This line made me feel ________ because ______” (2)
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AP Literature
Describe and explain the purpose and appeal of Larkin’s poem in 8-10 sentences.
Annotation Rubric: “What I think the poet means here is…” (4)
“When the poet says (quote) do they mean ______ or ______?” (2)
“This line made me feel ________ because ______” (2)
My Papa's Waltz
By Theodore Roethke
The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing was not easy.
We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;
My mother's countenance
Could not unfrown itself.
The hand that held my wrist
Was battered on one knuckle;
At every step you missed
My right ear scraped a buckle.
You beat time on my head
With a palm caked hard by dirt,
Then waltzed me off to bed
Still clinging to your shirt.
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AP Literature
Annotation Rubric: “What I think the poet means here is…” (4)
“When the poet says (quote) do they mean ______ or ______?” (2)
“This line made me feel ________ because ______” (2)
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AP Literature
Describe and explain the purpose and appeal of Roethke’s poem in 8-10 sentences.