" TELL ALL THE TRUTH BUT TELL IT SLANT" by Hamza Alsouqi (Student FVHS) https://padlet.com/hsalsouqi100/tv0gyavsy7ei58n6 en-us 2022-02-16 17:31:23 UTC 2026-01-20 10:22:03 UTC hello@padlet.com Poem hsalsouqi100 https://padlet.com/hsalsouqi100/tv0gyavsy7ei58n6/wish/2051446095 Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for out infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind- ]]> 2022-02-16 17:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hsalsouqi100/tv0gyavsy7ei58n6/wish/2051446095 Question # 1 What is the poem’s tone? Which words reveal this tone? Is the poem ironic? hsalsouqi100 https://padlet.com/hsalsouqi100/tv0gyavsy7ei58n6/wish/2051458309
The tone of the poem is sneaky. " The Truth must dazzle gradually". No, the poem is no ironic 
- Hamza Alsouqi

]]> 2022-02-16 17:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hsalsouqi100/tv0gyavsy7ei58n6/wish/2051458309 Question #2 What heavily connotative words are used? What words have unusual or special meanings? Are any words or phrases repeated? If so, why? Which words do you need to look up? hsalsouqi100 https://padlet.com/hsalsouqi100/tv0gyavsy7ei58n6/wish/2053693072 The line "The Truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind-" has a special meaning because it means to smooth the truth about some idea. For example if you swat a fly and kill it, you could say "the fly was at the wrong place at the wrong time." No repeated words nor repeated lines.
-KJ Veres]]> 2022-02-17 17:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hsalsouqi100/tv0gyavsy7ei58n6/wish/2053693072 What figures of speech are used? How do they contribute to the tone and meaning of the poem? hsalsouqi100 https://padlet.com/hsalsouqi100/tv0gyavsy7ei58n6/wish/2053700782 "Tell the Truth but tell it slant". What it's trying to say is tell the truth but tell it indirectly, it's contributing to the tone because the tone is trying to describe how to talk in a "slant" fashion.
-Hamza Alsouqi]]> 2022-02-17 17:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hsalsouqi100/tv0gyavsy7ei58n6/wish/2053700782 hsalsouqi100 https://padlet.com/hsalsouqi100/tv0gyavsy7ei58n6/wish/2053714205 2022-02-17 17:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hsalsouqi100/tv0gyavsy7ei58n6/wish/2053714205 6. What is the theme (the central idea) of this poem? Can you state it in a single sentence? Elaborate on your idea. hsalsouqi100 https://padlet.com/hsalsouqi100/tv0gyavsy7ei58n6/wish/2053723064 The theme is you must smooth the truth to people so they don't get ruefully excited. IF people shower the truth like light rainfall or little by little, people will understand it without having an explosion of emotions to reject it thinking its absurd. 
-KJ Veres]]> 2022-02-17 17:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hsalsouqi100/tv0gyavsy7ei58n6/wish/2053723064 hsalsouqi100 https://padlet.com/hsalsouqi100/tv0gyavsy7ei58n6/wish/2053725993 -Hamza Alsouqi, Kj Veres]]> 2022-02-17 17:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hsalsouqi100/tv0gyavsy7ei58n6/wish/2053725993