T3 Wk 8 9G End and Beginning Analyze Text by https://padlet.com/noellepatrice/9h0qn4w5t8333riv pg. 454 Choose ONE question and answer. en-us 2021-06-08 03:45:08 UTC 2025-12-13 00:35:21 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Analyze noellepatrice https://padlet.com/noellepatrice/9h0qn4w5t8333riv/wish/1591810201 Answer these questions to explore how Szymborska creates the tone of the poem. Cite words and phrases from the poem to support your answers.
  • Does the speaker use formal or informal language? What is the effect of this choice?
  • What is the speaker’s attitude toward the situation he or she is describing?
  • How does the tone of the poem change beginning with line 30?
]]> 2021-06-08 03:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/noellepatrice/9h0qn4w5t8333riv/wish/1591810201 2. Infer noellepatrice https://padlet.com/noellepatrice/9h0qn4w5t8333riv/wish/1591810866 Notice the repetition of the word “someone” throughout the poem. What statement is the speaker making by using an indefinite (unknown) pronoun rather than referring to a specific person?]]> 2021-06-08 03:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/noellepatrice/9h0qn4w5t8333riv/wish/1591810866 3. Interpret noellepatrice https://padlet.com/noellepatrice/9h0qn4w5t8333riv/wish/1591811822 In line 18, the speaker says that the aftermath of war is not “photogenic.” 
-What images in the poem reinforce this idea about war? 
-How does the poet show the extent of the devastation?
- Support your response with evidence from the text.]]> 2021-06-08 03:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/noellepatrice/9h0qn4w5t8333riv/wish/1591811822 4. Interpret noellepatrice https://padlet.com/noellepatrice/9h0qn4w5t8333riv/wish/1591812370 Reread the last stanza of the poem. What does the grass symbolize, or represent? What does the speaker mean when she describes this “someone” as being “stretched out / blade of grass in his mouth / gazing at the clouds”?

LAST STANZA: In the grass that has overgrown
causes and effects,
someone must be stretched out
blade of grass in his mouth
gazing at the clouds.
]]> 2021-06-08 03:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/noellepatrice/9h0qn4w5t8333riv/wish/1591812370 5. Notice and Note noellepatrice https://padlet.com/noellepatrice/9h0qn4w5t8333riv/wish/1591813102 In lines 37–42, the speaker contrasts “those who knew” with those who know “as little as nothing”? How are these two groups of people different from each other?]]> 2021-06-08 03:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/noellepatrice/9h0qn4w5t8333riv/wish/1591813102 5. Notice and Note noellepatrice https://padlet.com/noellepatrice/9h0qn4w5t8333riv/wish/1591891016 In lines 37–42, the speaker contrasts “those who knew” with those who know “as little as nothing”? How are these two groups of people different from each other?]]> 2021-06-08 04:36:44 UTC https://padlet.com/noellepatrice/9h0qn4w5t8333riv/wish/1591891016