GIRL - "... this is how you set a table for tea, this is how you set a table for dinner, this is how you set a table for dinner with an important guest, this is how you set a table for
lunch, this is how you set a table for breakfast, this is how to behave in the presence of
men who don't know you very well, and this way they won't recognize immediately the
sl** I have warned you against becoming,"
rehe...
Jsing...
ts / S.
THE LETTER FROM HOME - "1 milked the cows, I churned the butter, I stored the
cheese, I baked the bread, I brewed the tea, I washed the clothes, I dressed the
children, the cat meowed, the dog barked the horse neighed, the mouse squeaked, the
fly buzzed, the goldfish living in a bowl stretched its jaws, the door banged shut, the
stairs creaked, the fridge hummed, the curtains billowed up, the pot boiled, the gas
hissed through the stove, the tree branches heavy with snow crashed against the roof"
1. While reading these two selections, what similarities do you see between them?
2. What is the purpose of the prose poem "Girl"?
3 in "Girl", what is the narrator explaining to the unknown (female) audience?