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1. To retire means to leave your job and stop working, usually because you
have reached a certain age. How can you tell that the character in the poem
has retired?
2. What job did he have before he retired? How do you know?
3. A voyage is a long journey, especially by sea or in space. In what way were
the voyages the person in the poem made most unusual?
4. 'I was there once ...' (stanza 3)
What does 'there' refer to?
5. What two words does the poet use to refer to the moon?
6. As an astronaut, the character had to wear a uniform. He did not really feel
comfortable in the uniform. True (T) or False (F)?
7. 'Far dust' (the last line) refers to the dust on the surface of the moon, which is
far away from the earth. Do you agree?
8. Which word in the last line suggests that the moon dust had been disturbed'
when the person walked on it?
9. As you know, a simile is a word or phrase that compares something to
something else. Can you spot a simile in the poem?
10. Nostalgia is a feeling of sadness mixed with pleasure and affection when you
think of happy times in the past. Do you think the character in the poem feels
nostalgic for the time he spent in space? Why/Why not?
Answers
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1.We can tell that the character in poem has retired because he was tired after his voyages and in the late evening he would sway in his rocking chair.
2.He was an astronaut because he looked at moon and said, I was there once.
3.The voyages were unusual because they were not just long journeys but also space travel. The person in the poem travelled fat and wide in space shuttles from planet to planet and star to star.
4. 'There' refers to the moon.
5. The poet used words 'globe' and 'football' to refer the moon.
6.True
7.Yes
8. The word 'stirred' suggests that the moon dust had been disturbed when person walking on it.
9.I stood on that globe. Now it is like a football shining in space.
10. Yes,the character in the poem feels nostalgic for the time he spent in space because in the late evening he would sway on his rocking chair thinking that he had walked on the moon once. He also states that he could hardly believe that he once stirred the moon dust.
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