Answer the following questions about Giovanni's poem. Consult the poem for words and details that can help you develop your answers.
Question 1
1.
Is this poem first or third person?
Question 2
2.
What key word or words from the poem helped you answer question 1?
Question 3
3.
Based on the title of the poem, what is the narrator describing? Put the answer in your own words.
Question 4
4.
The narrator lists two reasons the chairs might not fit her very well. Name both reasons.
Question 5
5.
The narrator describes the librarian as having a "welcoming smile." Based on these words, how do you think the narrator felt about seeing the librarian? Give a reason for your answer.
Question 6
6.
In the final stanza, the narrator says she felt anticipation about visiting the library. Using the third-person, write a sentence that describes, in your own words, how the narrator felt when she was at the library.
Question 7
7.
When you read Nikki Giovanni's biography, you were asked to think about how she might have felt about libraries and librarians when she was younger. Based on your answers to questions 5 and 6, does the powem show Giovanni feeling the way you expected? Explain your answer.
Question 8
8.
In the next-to-last line of the poem, the speaker calls the library's books "another world." How can books be like another world?