7th gr Module 3: End of Unit 1

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?

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

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

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

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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.

7th gr Module 3: End of Unit 1

What is the meaning of the phrase wonder-eyes in the second line of the poem?

How does this stanza develop meaning in the poem?

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

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

Reread the line "At golden noon the forest fires burn" (3)What is the connotation of the word golden in this line?

What is the effect of the repetition I shall return?

What is a theme of the poem?

How is this theme developed?

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

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.

What is the meaning of the phrase wonder-eyes in the second line of the poem?

How does this stanza develop meaning in the poem?

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

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

Reread the line "At golden noon the forest fires burn" (3)What is the connotation of the word golden in this line?

What is the effect of the repetition I shall return?

What is a theme of the poem?

How is this theme developed?

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.