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7th gr Module 3: End of Unit 1

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7th Grade: End of Unit Module 3
End of Unit 1 Assessment: Analyze Structure, Language, and Theme: "I Shall Return"
Directions: Read the poem "I Shall Return" and answer the questions below.
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What is the meaning of the phrase wonder-eyes in the second line of the poem?

Reread the following stanza and answer the two questions below:
I shall return to hear the fiddle and fife
Of village dances, dear delicious tunes
That stir the hidden depths of native life,
Stray melodies of dim remembered runes.
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How does this stanza develop meaning in the poem?

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How does rhyming in this stanza add to the meaning of the poem?

1

How do the phrases hidden depths and dim remembered contribute meaning to the text?

1

Reread the line "At golden noon the forest fires burn" (3)

What is the connotation of the word golden in this line?

1

What is the effect of the repetition I shall return?

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What is a theme of the poem?

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How is this theme developed?

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How does the last line of the poem ("To ease my mind of long, long years of pain") develop the theme?

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Write a paragraph explaining how the poet uses structure and language to develop a theme.

Be sure to:
a. introduce the poem,
b. state the theme, and
c. support your interpretation with specific references to the structure and language in the text.