Dead Stars by https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf For today's Padlet, you should respond in order to each question. Then, once you have thoughtfully responded to all of the questions, go back, and select three classmates' response to comment on. Your responses to your classmate's posts should offer a new perspective, another piece of evidence to consider, and/or a thought-provoking question. Do not consult outside sources when working with these poems--that simply negates the process and taints your ability to bring original thought to your analysis. en-us 2025-10-03 19:48:29 UTC 2025-10-08 23:52:21 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. What is your favorite line? Why? hoffmanfamilyof4 https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618157396 2025-10-04 19:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618157396 2. There is a lot of figurative language in the poem. Literally, what is our speaker doing? hoffmanfamilyof4 https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618157688 2025-10-04 19:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618157688 3. What has provoked or stirred the speaker's deeper thoughts? hoffmanfamilyof4 https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618157960 2025-10-04 19:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618157960 4. What does the speaker recognize and realize about stars? hoffmanfamilyof4 https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618158258 2025-10-04 19:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618158258 5. How is this moment "almost romantic?" hoffmanfamilyof4 https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618158500 2025-10-04 19:55:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618158500 6. What is implied in the line "to lean into the spotlight with you?" hoffmanfamilyof4 https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618158975 2025-10-04 19:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618158975 7. What might the word "this" in the last line refer to? hoffmanfamilyof4 https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618159144 2025-10-04 19:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618159144 8. Why does the speaker choose to end the poem with a series of rhetorical questions? hoffmanfamilyof4 https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618159290 2025-10-04 19:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618159290 9. There are two metaphors the speaker uses to describe herself. She says she is "A hearth of spiders these days: a nest of trying." What does the speaker recognize in herself? hoffmanfamilyof4 https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618159467 2025-10-04 19:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618159467 10. What is the emotional curve of this experience for the speaker? In other words, how would you describe her tone initially? how does it evolve? Where do you see shifts? hoffmanfamilyof4 https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618159620 2025-10-04 19:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hoffmanfamilyof4/gx3vg2y967ka7dvf/wish/3618159620