Poetry Connections The ‘Soldier of Mictlan”, “Elliptical”, and “Fencecs”

1.In “Elliptical”, how does each sentence end?

2.In the first several sentences of “Elliptical,” what is the speaker’s attitude toward “them”?

3.Identify the line in the poem where the speaker’s attitude begins to shift.

4.What is the purpose of the author’s use of the ellipses in the poem? Is their use effective? Why or why not?

5.Which poem did you enjoy the most and why?

They just can’t seem to . . . They should try harder to . . . They ought to be more . . . We all wish they weren’t so . . . They never . . . They always . . . Sometimes they . . . Once in a while they . . . However it is obvious that they . . . Their overall tendency has been . . . The consequences of which have been . . . They don’t appear to understand that . . . If only they would make an effort to . . . But we know how difficult it is for them to . . . Many of them remain unaware of . . . Some who should know better simply refuse to . . . Of course, their perspective has been limited by . . . On the other hand, they obviously feel entitled to . . . Certainly we can’t forget that they . . . Nor can it be denied that they . . . We know that this has had an enormous impact on their . . . Nevertheless their behavior strikes us as . . . Our interactions unfortunately have been . . .