In Dives' Dive by Robert Frost, 1936

It is late at night and still I am losing.

But still I am steady and unaccusing.

As long as the Declaration guards

My right to be equal in number of cards,

I

It is nothing to me who runs the Dive.

Let's have a look at another five.

Questions:

1. What activity is the narrator of the poem describing?

2. How would you describe the mood of the narrator of the poem"? Explain.

3. Why might the word "Declaration" be capitalized?

4.

List two things from your knowledge that frost could be describing related to the great

depression

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?

Which tense allows for an event that began in the past to carry into the present moment in time

Identify an example of an epic simile in book 13, book 21, or book 24 of the odyssey and explain how it is different from a typical simile.