Once you have chosen a poem, read it carefully. Answer the following questions in complete sentences, using evidence from the poem where applicable.

1. What is the poem's theme or central idea?

2. What figurative language and other poetic devices does the poet use?

a. Provide and identify TWO examples of figurative language and/or poetic devices from the text.
(e.g., "the sky is like the ocean" - simile)

b. What effect does the use of figurative language and other poetic devices have on the poem?