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 | Making a Fist / What We Believe study guide Making A Fist - Text1. What does the speaker say he or she was feeling at the beginning of the poem? What do you think the third line is describing? What do you think the third line is describing? 2. What does the speaker ask? Do you think the mother might have intended more than one meaning with her answer? 3. In your own words, state what the speaker is thinking and doing in the last stanza. 4. Why, do you think, is the speaker still carrying the memory of that road trip? Have you had a similarly memorable experience from your early childhood? 5. Do you agree with the speaker’s comments and conclusion in the last stanza? 6. In your opinion, does this poem present positive or negative observations about life? What We Believe 1. What do the speakers in this poem believe? What do their beliefs tell you about them? 2. In what does the grass-weaver trust? What do you think this trust means? 3. What are the speakers waiting for? Why do they have to wait? 4. What is the speaker’s concluding comment? 5. How do lines 12-14 affect the rest of the poem? 6. After reading the poem, what do you think the speakers value? Do you share any of these values? |
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