A Lunar Lament by Ann Pedtke

1. Read lines 15 and 16 from the poem.

Why does Earth have all the

treasures,

Leaving me with only stone?

According to the poem, what are Earth’s “treasures”?

• valuable art and museums

• human beings and animals

• clouds, oceans, and forests

• gold, silver, and diamonds

What is the main theme of “A Lunar Lament”?

• The moon longs to become human.

• Earth has too many hidden treasures.

• Earth is too far away from the moon.

• The moon wishes it were a planet like Earth

hink about how the moon feels throughout the poem. Now, read lines 7 and 8.

Will I always be the outcast

In the distance, pale and meek?

In these lines, the word “outcast” means?

• one who is sick

• one who is left out

• a reflection of light

• an outline of a shape

What is the pattern of each stanza* of the poem?

*Stanza = a fixed number of lines forming a unit of a poem

• All four lines rhyme.

• None of the lines rhyme.

• Each pair of lines rhymes.

• The second and fourth lines rhyme

In line 19 of the poem, what does the line

Condemned to gaze upon the earth mean?

• The moon likes gazing at the earth

• The moon likes orbiting the earth

• The moon is lonely

• The moon wonders if it will always gaze at the earth