Blue Bird

First (Silent) Reading Question

• What is the Structure of this poem? – Improper capitalization, each stanza is a run on sentence, lines get longer, some lines are one word, at the end it gets narrower, 

• What are some key words/patterns you notice as you scan/skim the poem?  - Each stanza start with “there's a bluebird…”, lots of  commas and question marks, words that jumped out: “Inhale” “whores” “weep” “die” “pour whiskey

• New vocabulary words and definitions? – Low level of diction

Second Reading (Oral)

• What is happening in this poem? Answer with as many verbs as are applicable      – blow, mess up, pour, inhale, weep, sleep, sing, screw up, pass, go, stay, say.

• Who is the literary speaker? What is his or her attitude? – international author, bad habits- smoke/drink/wholes, depressed, tough, doesn’t cry

• What are the dominant images/appeals to the five senses? What emotions do the images evoke? – blue bird- sensitivity/hope/joy, addictions

Third Reading (Oral) 

• What is the poet’s attitude towards his or her subject? – the poet’s attitude towards his subject is strong will and wants everyone to know that he is struggling.

• How does the author’s diction and employment of poetic devices convey his or her attitude?  - the author uses low diction and repeats lines