Discussion Topic:
Read this week’s poems closely, (“When Death Comes”) and answer the following questions. When you identify specific words or phrases from the poem, place them in quotation marks and place the line number (not the page number) in parentheses.
1. How would you characterize the poem’s level of diction? Why is this level of diction used? Is it appropriate to the subject matter? Identify specific words or phrases that characterize the diction level.
2. Is the poem’s word order conventional, or are words arranged in unexpected order? If so, what is the effect of the unusual syntax?
3. Last week, we discussed tone. How does the poet’s word choice influence or create the tone of the poem? Identify specific words that influence the tone.
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