Today we are going to create a poem according the guidelines listed below. You will be randomly selected to read your poem to the class.
Instructions:
Step 1-open the book to any page between chapters 1-7. If you are reading the electronic version, choose a
page between those chapters as well.
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Step 2-Choose 12-15 fragments that stand out to you. Fragments are parts of a sentence.
Step 3-Organize your fragments into poem format, rearranging where needed for clarity.
You may leave out words, but you may not add any words to the poem.
You may change punctuation as it suits your needs, but not capitalization.
Your poem should be between 50 and 100 words.
Step 4-List images present in the poem and text that helped your process.
Step 5-What are you trying to show with this poem? What is your purpose?

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.

What does the interaction between the nurse and erkan in paragraph 1 reveal about erkan? erkan is upset because no one believes he has been robbed. erkan is quite angry but he is mostly harmless. erkan is incoherent and won't listen to reason. erkan is a violent man and poses a threat to those around him.

Choose the answer. in the poem "i dwell in possibility," what is the motif? a. the house imagery b. the imagery of the outdoors c. the visitors d. the poetry