In your group, meet and answer the following questions. Take notes and be prepared to answer the questions when called upon. Use the poem that was handed out and try and remember the slideshow on the poem that the teacher presented to you
Know the following words as they are used in the poem.
Moil
Marge
Northern Lights
Cremated
Mushing
Whimper
Ghastly
Brawn
Stern
Huskies
Loathed
Hearkened
Derelict
Crematorium
Grisly
Stanza One
What is meant by the midnight sun?
Where did Sam McGee come from?
Is Lake LeBarge a real place?
In Stanza 3 there is an example of a simile and in Stanza 4 there is a personification and stanza 5 has a hyperbole and stanza 9 has a metaphor. Find them.
fold it stabbed like driven nail
ReplyDeleteStanza 3- through the parkas fold it stabbed like a driven nail.
ReplyDeleteStanza 4-That very night we lay packed tight in our robes beneath the snow, And the dogs were fed, and the stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe.
Stanza 5-till I'm chilled clean through to the bone.
Stanza 9-
Simile-Through the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail.
ReplyDeletePersonification-The stars o'erhead were dancing heal and toe.
Hyperbole-I'm chilled clean through to the bone.
Metaphor-Though my lips were dumb.
Stanza 9-"and every day that quiet clay seemed to heavy and heavier grow"
ReplyDelete3-talk of your cold! in the parkas fold jabbed like a driven nail.
ReplyDelete4-stars o'er head were dancing heel and toe.
5-chilled clean through to the bone.
9-and every day that quiet clay seemed to get heavy and heavier grow
stabbed like a driven nail
ReplyDeletestars dancing
child clean to the bone
dogs were spent and the grub was getting low
Stanza 3 Stabbed like a driven nail
ReplyDeleteStanza 4 The stars were dancing
Stanza 5 Chilled to the bone
Stanza 9 The dogs were spent and the grubs were getting low
STANZA 3- It stabbed like a driven nail
ReplyDeleteSTANZA 4- The stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe
STANZA 5- I'm chilled clean through to the bone
STANZA 9- The dogs were spent and the grub was getting low
fold it stabbed like a driven nail. Stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe. I'm chilled clean through to the bone. The dogs were spent and the grub was getting low.
ReplyDelete1) Though the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail
ReplyDelete2) The stars o'erhead were dacing heel and toe
3) like a driven nail
4) The tree was dacing in wind
5)
Stanza3. it stabed like a drivin nail
ReplyDeleteStanza4. The stars were dancing
Stanza 5. Im chilled clean to the bone
Stanza9. clay seemed to heavy
the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail. the stars were dancing.
ReplyDeleteit's my awful dread of the icy grave that pains
he was carrying the bag of clay.
1) through the parka's fold it stabbed
ReplyDelete2) the stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe
3) like a driven nail
4) the tree was dancing in wind
5)and it's got right hold till i'm chilled clean to the bone
6)we started on a streak of dawn but god he looked ghastly pale
7)wasn't a breath in that land of death and i hurried horror driven with the corps
8)in the long long night by the lone fire light
9) and every day that quiet clay seemed to heavy and heavier grow
Simile stanza 1- stabbed like a driven nail.
ReplyDeletePersonification stanza 4-theh stras o'erhead were dancing heel and toe
Hyperbole stanza 5- till i'm chilled clean through to the bone
Metaphor stanza 9- that quiet clay seemed to heavy and heavier grow
Stanza 3- Stabbed like a driven nail.
ReplyDeleteStanza 4- The stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe.
Stanza 5-
Stanza 9- That quiet clay seemed to heavy and heavier grow.