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EXERCISE #1: Identifying Similes and Metaphors    1__. The baby was like an octopus__, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.-SIMILE 2. As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "__This class is like a three-ring circus__!"-SIMILE 3. __The giant’s steps were thunder__ as he ran toward Jack.-METAPHOR 4. __The pillow was a cloud__ when I put my head upon it after a long day.-METAPHOR 5. __I feel like a limp dishrag__.-SIMILIE 6. __Those girls are like two peas in a pod__.-SIMILE 7. __The fluorescent light was the sun__ during our test.-METAPHOR 8. No one invites Harold to parties because __he’s a wet blanket__.-METAPHOR 9. __The bar of soap was a slippery eel__ during the dog’s bath.-METAPHOR 10. __Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs__.-SIMILE  ­­­­­­ <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">EXERCISE #2: Identifying the Words and Meaning of Metaphors and Simile <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The baby grabbed so many things off of the shelves; one would have thought it had eight arms. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The class was a riot and was uncontrollable. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Every time the giant took a step, it made a really loud noise. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The pillow was very soft. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">I feel weak and unstable. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Those girls are best friends. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The fluorescent light was so bright, that it reminded us of the sun. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Harold is a dork. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The bar of soap kept slipping and sliding everywhere, I couldn’t keep hold of it. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Ted was very nervous. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">EXERCISE #3: Identifying Personification <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The wind; the wind blowing through the leaves made a whistling song. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The microwave timer; the timer beeped which signaled the person to turn the dinner <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The video camera; the whole scene was caught on tape. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The strawberries; the strawberries looked delicious. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The rain; gently fell upon my cheeks. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The daffodils; they were bent so the walkers could see their bright yellow petals. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The water; looked cool and soothing. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The snow; while fluttering to the ground, a slight ripple could be heard. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The china; almost fell off the shelves. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">EXERCISE #4: Creating Personification <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!"
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">I feel like a limp dishrag.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Those girls are like two peas in a pod.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">No one invites Harold to parties because he’s a wet blanket.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The wind sang her mournful song through the falling leaves.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The microwave timer told me it was time to turn my TV dinner.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The video camera observed the whole scene.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The strawberries seemed to sing, "Eat me first!"
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The daffodils nodded their yellow heads at the walkers.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The snow whispered as it fell to the ground during the early morning hours.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The china danced on the shelves during the earthquake.
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The car engine coughed and sputtered when it started during the blizzard.
 * 2) <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The car engine; almost didn’t start.

__ List A __

 * 1) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">sun
 * 2) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">moon
 * 3) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">stars
 * 4) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">sky
 * 5) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">sea
 * 6) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">stone
 * 7) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">night
 * 8) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">mountain
 * 9) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">dawn
 * 10) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">tree

__ List B __
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">tells <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">shows <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">reminds <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">teaches <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">listens <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">remembers <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">dances <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">dreams <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">guides <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">takes <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> 1.       <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Mountain dreams 1. The mountain dreams it was as high as the moon. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 2. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Sun reminds 2. The sun reminds Joan of happiness. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 3. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Moon listens 3. Whenever you need to talk to someone, go to the moon, <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> she always listens. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 4. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Stars guides 4. The stars guide us north as we run along the underground <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> railroad. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 5. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sky tells 5. Skies tell us of the weather to come. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 6. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sea shows 6. The sea showed Tim how beautiful the world is. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 7. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Stone teaches 7. Stones never complain and teach men to be patient. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 8. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Night dances 8. Tide is created when night dances with water. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 9. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Dawn takes 9. Dawn never takes its time coming, it’s always too early. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 10. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tree remembers 10. Trees remember the injustices forgotten by others. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">EXERCISE #5: Finding Imagery <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Imagery ** || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">“The Worker” ** || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Sound ** || <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Whirring and buzzing and humming machines. ** || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Taste ** <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Lapping up his dripping iron. ** || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Smell ** <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">None. ** || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Sight ** <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">My father lies black; yellow lights flashing. ** || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Touch ** <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Meeting the wet concrete floor. ** || <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> My father lies black and hushed <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Beneath white hospital sheets <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">He collapsed at work <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">His iron left him <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Slow and quiet he sank <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Meeting the wet concrete floor on his way <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The wheels were still turning--they couldn't stop <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Red and yellow lights flashing <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Gl Gloved hands twisting knobs--they couldn't stop <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> And as they carried him out <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">T The whirring and buzzing and humming machines <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">A Applauded him <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">La Lapping up his dripping iron <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Th They couldn't stop. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New (W1)','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New (W1)','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New (W1)','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Exercise #6: Applying Poetry Literary Devices <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New (W1)','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> __<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Sonnet 18 __<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> by William Shakespeare <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Rhyme scheme: a b a b c d c d e f e f g g. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Figurative language: “summer’s lease” (Personification) “the eye of heaven” (Personification) “Death brag” (Personification) <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Pg. 234 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 1. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The basic comparison made is between a summer’s day and Shakespeare’s lover. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 2. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The speaker loves the person being addressed. Shakespeare says the person is beautiful and is “more lovely and more temperate” (than a summer’s day). Imagery-“Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May” <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> __<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Sonnet 30 __<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> by Edna St. Vincent Millay <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Rhymes scheme: a b a b c d c d e f e f g h. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Figurative language: Imagery- by listing what love is not, like “meat nor drink” the reader envisions meat and drink; Men clinging to a floating spar of a ship that has sank is also imagery, that is painted very clearly and easily in my mind. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Pg. 236 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 1. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">“Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink” is the most memorable line of the sonnet. My response to that line was “Duh, who would fall in love with a giant wooden mast?” <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 2. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">All the details that love “is not” are all needs. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 3. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The sonnet’s rhyme scheme did not help me understand the poem; the adjectives were all that were needed. The poem was about love and what it is not, whether or not the words rhymed wouldn’t have affected my understanding. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 4. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The speaker is confused by love, the speaker does not know what love is, only knows that it is important and that man values it above life in general. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 5. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Yes, Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 30 follow the same rhyme scheme until the very end; the last two lines of Sonnet 18 are g g while the last two lines of Sonnet 30 are g h. Maybe they do have the same rhyme scheme, maybe for some reason I’m just not seeing how “food” and “would” rhyme, but I’m pretty sure they don’t. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 6. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Yes, these two poems definitely convey attitudes about love that are still common today, people are still confused about love, and people still value it above almost everything else. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Pg. 237 “Writing Options” <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 1. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">In Sonnet 30, the speaker is a female who is confused about love. She is distraught, puzzled and is trying to answer one of man’s most common but complex questions, “What is love?” <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 2. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Sonnet 712 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What is love? <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Love is neither lust nor fun. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Nor a game nor a dove. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Nor teddy bear nor honey bun. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Love is not an object nor emotion. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">I do not know what love is. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Love is as vast as the ocean. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Love makes my stomach start to fizz. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Love is not known. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Nor wealth. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Love is not enough shown. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Love endures in sickness and in health. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What is love? <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The Worker **<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> by **Richard W. Thomas**