Poetry

Poetry “Running” by Richard Wilbur (pg.364) 1. Who is the speaker in this poem and how do you know? The author, Richard Wilbur. You know because he uses first and second person. 2. Identify three details that place the action of this poem in the speaker’s past? The date in the title, past-tense words, "What were we playing?" 3. What part of this experience has left the deepest impression on the speaker? "Thinking of happiness, I think of that" “Mirror” by Sylvia Plath (pg. 365) 1. Who is the speaker of this poem? What clues reveal this? The reflection 2. In your own words, explain what the speaker means by saying, “Whatever I see I swallow immediately/ Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.” It shows it for what it is and cannot change it. Just gives what is given.

3. What phrase in the first stanza suggests that the speaker enjoys some power? "The eye of a little God, four cornered"