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Answer the following questions.
a) Who is the speaker of the poem? How do we know who the speaker is?
b) When was the speaker born? Describe the moment in your own words.
c) Explain the expression 'when the moon was blood
d) How does the speaker describe its appearance? Explain in your own words.
e) Who is referred to through the expression 'ancient crooked will?
f) Complete the chart.
Theme of the poem
Stanza detailing the the
Birth of the speaker
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a).How to Tell Who the Speaker Is in a Poem. The speaker is the voice or "persona" of a poem. One should not assume that the poet is the speaker, because the poet may be writing from a perspective entirely different from his own, even with the voice of another gender, race or species, or even of a material object.
b). 1876
Alexander Graham Bell patented his first electric loudspeaker (capable of reproducing intelligible speech) as part of his telephone in 1876, which was followed in 1877 by an improved version from Ernst Siemens.
c).Light refracted off of Earth's atmosphere appears on the moon in a dark-red hue, hence the name "blood moon." It is referred to in the Bible (Revelation 6:12–14) as a sign of the end of the world, and so it is regarded by many as an ill omen. ...
d).We are born capable of both producing … ... and accent of the man wo comforted and guided the speaker . 1 ... to learn what sounds are important in his or her language, ...
e).This is all due to “ancient crooked will.” Something went wrong when the donkey was created. The “will” that made him was distorted at the time. The donkey did not care what happened to him, for he had a secret
f).Theme is the lesson about life or statement about human nature that the poem expresses. To determine theme, start by figuring out the main idea. Then keep looking around the poem for details such as the structure, sounds, word choice, and any poetic devices