Read the poem printed below, and then answer the following q…
Read the poem printed below, and then answer the following questions. Number your answers 1-5. 1. Identify three different types of imagery. Type out the line and note what kind of imagery it is. Remember to use the literary term, not the scientific name of the sense. (6 pts.) 2. Identify if the speaker is inside or outside. (1 pt.) 3. In one to two sentences, explain what issue is addressed in the poem. (2 pts.) 4. Identify the meaning (thesis) of the poem in your own words and use quotes from the poem to support your answer. (8 pts.) 5. Provide your reaction to the meaning including the degree of common ground you share with either the speaker or with another character in the poem. You may use first person in this response, but your responses to numbers 3, 4, and 5 should be written using correct grammar and complete sentences. Poem: “wahbegan” by Jim Northrup (1993) Didja ever hear a sound smell something taste something that brought you back to Vietnam, instantly? Didja ever wonder when it would end? It ended for my brother. He died in the war but didn’t fall down for fifteen tortured years. HIs flashbacks are over, another casualty whose name will never be on the Wall. Some can find peace only in death. The sound of his family crying hurt. The smell of the flowers didn’t comfort us. The bitter taste in my mouth still sours me. How about a memorial for those who made it through the war but still died before their time?
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