Interpret
Folk tales often feature lessons that are important to a culture or group of people. What is the lesson of this folk tale? Why would enslaved Africans have perceived the lesson as being important?
Analyze
Reread lines 1-10 and identify at least two examples of dialect.
Analyze
Reread lines 23-30.
What is the Master compared to?
What is the whip compared to?
What did the author accomplish by including these figurative comparisons? (HINT: What do these comparisons tell you about the Master and his whip?)
Which word is associated with song? Why?
Which word is associated wtih farm? Why?
Which word is associated with thorn? Why?
Which word is associated with feet? Why?