How to Read a Poem Review

What is the first step in the nine-step process of reading a poem?

• Drink coffee
• Show no mercy
• Show no fear
• Wear all black and a beret 

What should you do RIGHT AFTER reading the title of the poem?

• Notice shifts 
• Read the poem all the way through
• Stop
• Collaborate and listen

What should you annotate while reading the poem?

• Things that are disinteresting
• Parts that are confusing
• Things you just don't like
• None of the above

In step six, you should identify the__________.

• Author
• Narrator
• Scope
• None of the above

In step seven, you should look through the poem and notice any _____ or ________.

• apples/oranges
• ups/downs
• shifts/changes
• rhyme/scheme

What is an example of a "hinge" word according to our lecture yesterday?

• Neither/nor
• Either/or
• Onomato/Poeia
• But/However

In step eight, you need to figure out the__________

• Structure
• Author
• Year it was made
• None of the above

What is the last step from our lecture yesterday?

• Take a lighter and set the poem on fire
• Eat the poem so as to better ingest its meaning
• Read the poem one more time and glean new meaning
• None of the above