Abe Read the excerpt from Does My Head Look Big in This?
by Randa Abdel-Fattah.
What is the narrator's tone in this passage?
nostalgic
nervous
resentful
I hate the fact that I had to leave Hidaya. But it only goes
up to tenth grade because it doesn't have enough
funding to offer eleventh and twelfth grades. My best
friends, Leila Okulgen and Yasmeen Khan, moved on to
a public high school close to Coburg, where they live. I
begged my parents to let me go with them but Mom and
Dad insisted that I go to a private school.
conflicted

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.