Please watch the following short spoken word poem:
Answer the following questions thoughtfully and in full sentences. Each answer must be well thought out and in full paragraph format. Each answer must be a minimum of 4-6 sentences. Attached is a list of definitions for Literary Devices you will have to consider in some of your answers.
1. Who is the speaker in this poem? What kind of person is he or she?
2. To whom is the speaker speaking, or in other words, who is the audience?
3. What are the situation and setting in time (era) and place?
4. What is the purpose of the poem?
5. What is the tone of the poem? How is it achieved?
6. Are there predominant usages of figurative language? What is the effect? (please see attached document of definitions of Literary Devices)
a. Metaphors
b. Similes
c. Imagery
d. Allusions
e. Personification
f. Symbols
7. Is this poem powerful in its message? How so?
