answers to the questions pg 88-94

As you read the first line, what scene do you imagine taking place? At the end of the first line what tone do you imagine the speaker is using?
In the first line I have a scene in my head that it is two people who were in a relationship and they now have to either separate or say good bye for now. I imagine the tone is sad. two lovers have to be separated and it doesn't seem like they want it to happen.

How do the next three line (2-4) affect you perception of the speakers tone? what do the words "cleanly" and "free" suggest about the speakers tone ?
The lines 2-4 change my perception of the speakers tone. It changes to more of a happy tone and ot seems like he wants the girl to find some one better than him. The words cleanly and free mean he is happy to get on and move on to a new life.

The speaker says about ten times that the lovers should break it off. Why all the repetition? And why the extreme declaration that not "one jot of former love" should remain?
The speaker repeats himself because he wants to get the point across and wants the girl to move on and not remember this love. To just go on there will be no more them.

Imagine yourself as the person being addressed in this poem how would you feel after line 8?
If I was the person being addressed, after line 8, I would be upset with the speaker. He is basically breaking up with me but wants me to remember the love ? I don't think so. relationships end when one says so. So, i would be pretty upset with the speaker.

How does you view of the relationship change in the last six lines? How does presenting "love" as a dying person affect your response?
My view changes because the man in the poem is dying and he just wants the girl to know that he loves her and he will continue to love her when he finally passes. Any person has more sympathy when a person dies.

The Poem speaks to "you" who is this "you" what clues does the poem give us about the character you?
The poem is speaking to who ever the girl he was in love with was. The clues make seem like a guy talking to a girl becuase it is by a guy and back in that time guys would only look at girls and fall in love with girls.

question7
My response to the poem doesn't change much. The author died never marrying the girl he loved which is sad. instead the girl married some one else and he lived with her every summer. The informoation does not change my reaction to the poem.

Pg 93-94 questions

1.) I could picture myself in that scene. The scene I picture is like a lady relaxing in her hammock and her dog relaxing next to her. I would feel very relaxed and just happy and very content.If I ended up as the dogs protector I wouldnt be that upset. Not all dogs are trained to protect people.

2.) I think paragraphs 3-6 alters the mood from the paragraphs 1 and 2 by making it seem more as a frightened girl rather than a relaxed woman.

3.) The sentence makes me feel the like women was frightened by what she saw. My expectation is that she saw something scary or something that scared or made her uncomfortable.

4.) The reader understands how much the girl loves bears because her mom couldn't bare to tell her that the stuufed animal was thrown in the incinerator.

5.)The sofa and the construction of the porch really had no
response to the bears appearance. The bear smell gives the reader a better idea if the reader saw a bear up close in person.

6.) The reader gets a sense of danger because the different cultures had to put out the food to keep the bear away from their land. The bears are honored by having their heads put on steaks and is that really honoring them? More like killing them to me.

7.)The days are marked with X's because that is when the bears are most active and out. It does have to do with the bears.

8.)My reaction is that if I was in her position I would be scared to death. I would do the same thing and I think she had to do what she needed so the bear would not kill her.

9.)The next sentence is not surprising. the girl was obsessed with bears if she really wanted the claws she can have them and dig him up to get them.