HUMANITIES NINE POETRY QUIZ: COLLABORATIVE POETRY ANALYSIS
Names:________________________
Thought for a Sunshiny Morning
-Dorothy Parker
It cost me never a stab nor squirm
To tread by chance upon a worm.
“Aha, my little dear,” I say,
“Your clan will pay me back one day.”
The Veteran
-Dorothy Parker
When I was young and bold and strong,
Oh, right was right, and wrong was wrong!
My plume on high, my flag unfurled,
I rode away to right the world.
“Come out, you dogs, and fight!” said I,
And wept there was but once to die.
But I am old; and good and bad
Are woven in a crazy plaid.
I sit and say, “The world is so;
And he is wise who lets it go.
A battle lost, a battle won –
The difference is small, my son.”
Inertia rides and riddles me;
The which is called Philosophy.
Read and annotate each of the poems carefully and then read the following questions. Then complete a TFTASTI analysis for both poems. /10 each
Reflect and re-read and then construct a complete answer, using sentences, to each question.
1. What is the poet’s ‘thought’ in “Thought for a Sunshiny Morning”? /2
2. What is ironic about the title? /2
3. What metaphor does the poet develop in the first stanza of “The Veteran”? /2
4. What discovery does poem “The Veteran” describe? /2
5. Which stage of life does the poet admire: youth or old age? How do you know? /4
TFTASTI for Thought for a Sunshiny Morning
T- /1
F- /2
T- /3
A- /1
S- /1
T- /1
I- /1
TFASTI for Thought for The Veteran
T- /1
F- /2
T- /3
A- /1
S- /1
T- /1
I- /1