Read the “The Circle Game by Joni Mitchell” and write a critical analytical response using evidence and proof from the poem, answering one of the following questions:
To what degree can an individuals choices and actions influence the direction of his or her life?
Why is it important to be responsible to others on a personal, local, global, and digital level?
What does it mean to be successful, and what role does failure play?
How does an individuals perspective of, and response to, a crisis define him or her?
Consider the following when writing:
What seems to be the speakers attitude toward the subject?
What specific details from the poem support your conclusions?
Is tone consistent or does the poets attitude shift throughout the poem?
Why might the poet have used this tone?
Determine the mood when determining the theme.
What predominant emotion is the reader intended to feel?
What words or phrases support this mood?
Is the mood consistent or does it shift throughout the poem?
Figurative language: similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, understatement, metonymy, synecdoche, apostrophe
Sound devices: rhyme, alliteration, repetition, onomatopoeia, assonance, consonance, punctuation
Poetic structure: stanzas, lines, use of white space
Imagery: Are all 5 senses aroused? Did the poet deliberately activate one sense in particular?
Diction: word choices
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