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Learning Team Discuss the following questions and issues and be prepared to discuss them in class: i. What is the theme of the poem? (Dave) Life of a gun (Ray) Anger and possibly violence. (Kassie) Anger ii. What does the title suggest before, during, and after you read it? (Dave)(Before) A loded gun standing up in the corner of a room (During) The loaded gun being carried through the woods and used (After) The gun now hanging above it's stuffed prey. (Ray) (Before) a comparison of someone’s life to a loaded gun; a life of violence. (During) narrator is speaking as a powerful handgun. (After) the gun doesn’t have the power to die. (Kassie) Before: The connection between a life and a loaded gun; During: Speaking as the gun After: Power, immortality iii. How could the title be ironic? (Dave)The gun was actually empty standing in the corner. (Ray) The title states “My Life” and the majority of the poem is about killing and death. (Kassie) Guns are inanimate iv. Why is "gun" appropriate? (Dave) It is the narriator of the story. (Ray) The gun is the narrator; it’s what the poem is about. (Kassie) That's the topic and perspective of the poem v. Analyze all aspects of prosody (meter, rhyme, sound effects, punctuation, and stanza pattern). (Dave) (Ray) (Kassie) vi. What is the most important line of the poem? (Dave) To foe of his - I'm deadly foe - (Ray) “Without—the power to die—“ (Kassie) "For I have the power to kill, Without - the power to die -" i. What is the theme of the poem? (Dave) Wisdom (Ray) True happiness (Kassie) Station in life, Love ii. What does the title suggest before, during, and after you read it? (Dave) (Before) Money (During) Faith (After) Wisdom (Ray) (before) A poor outcast. (during) the desire to be someone, //anyone// else. (after) True wealth and happiness lies within ones self, with love. (Kassie) Before: Wealth During: Being down on your luck After: Being of good fortune because of love iii. How could the title be ironic? (Dave) He who has wisdom has many riches. (Ray) Fortune and fame isn’t everything in life. True happiness and love brings wealth. (Kassie) ?? iv. Why is the setting appropriate? (Dave) Yes (Ray) There is no distinct setting. A person can feel abandoned by God and man as well as feel envious of others and not like yourself much wherever you are. (Kassie) The narrator is going to be all alone while he has these thoughts v. Analyze all aspects of prosody (meter, rhyme, sound effects, punctuation, and stanza pattern). (Dave) (Ray) (Kassie) vi. What is the most important line of the poem? (Dave) "From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate." (Ray) **“ **For thy sweet love rememb’red such wealth brings” (Kassie) "...I think on thee, and then my state...." i. What is the theme of the poem? (Dave) Death and Hell/ (Ray) Insecurity (Kassie) Dying ii. What does the title suggest before, during, and after you read it? (Dave)(Before)Love (During) Someone dying (After) Someone in hell. (Ray)(before) The poem is about a love song. (during) Desire (after) Reflection (Kassie) Before: Expression of love During: Trying to make sense of a life After: Looking back at a life not-so-well lived iii. How could the title be ironic? (Dave) There is no love in hell. (Ray) It is not a love song at all. Because of his insecurity, Prufrock is afraid to actually speak the words he wants to say for fear of rejection and being laughed at, yet he is able to write them down. (Kassie) There's not much "love" expressed towards his life iv. Why is the setting appropriate? (Dave) Yes, it is about death, and the images of hell and the morgue are appropriate. (Ray) It seems to be a social event with a lot of people moving around, coming and going; and because of his shyness and insecurity, he would rather not be noticed at all. (Kassie) Since the focus is death, images of the morgue and hell are appropriate 12 v. Analyze all aspects of prosody (meter, rhyme, sound effects, punctuation, and stanza pattern). (Dave) (Ray) (Kassie) vi. What is the most important line of the poem? (Dave) "My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin." (The description of a corpse in a casket) (Ray) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">“That is not what I meant, at all.” (Kassie) "I do not think that they will sing to me" i. What is the theme of the poem? (Dave) About a gang of thugs (Ray) Rebellion and insecurity (Kassie) Rebellion ii. What does the title suggest before, during, and after you read it? (Dave) (before and during) A group, thinking they are cool.(after) They aren't realy that cool. (Ray) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(before) it’s about cool people. (during) it’s about seven teens who think they are cool. (after) what they think and what is actually true are two completely different things. (Kassie) Before: A group of people stating that they're "cool" During: The misconception that the behavior is "cool" After: The irony that the "cool" kids know that they won't last long iii. How could the title be ironic? (Dave) That they are not at all cool. (Ray) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It is ironic, because the seven are saying that they are cool, whereas in reality, the things they are doing are not cool at all. (Kassie) Focusing on "cool" at such a naive time is going to get them killed iv. Why is the setting appropriate? (Dave) Yes (Ray) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The setting is a pool hall where young people who think they are cool can get the sense that they are because their hangout is a pool hall where cool or bad sorts hang out. (Kassie) All of these "cool" behaviors are happening at an establishment that they shouldn't even be in v. Analyze all aspects of prosody (meter, rhyme, sound effects, punctuation, and stanza pattern). (Dave) (Ray) (Kassie) vi. What is the most important line of the poem? (Dave) "We die soon." (Ray) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Die soon. (Kassie) "We die soon"
 * a. "My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun" (p. 818)**
 * b. "When in Disgrace With Fortune and Men's Eyes" (p. 1236)**
 * c. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (p. 1169)**
 * d. "We Real Cool" (p. 889)**