Melodies of green
Exuberance to passerby. Twigs trip the wind
So leaves may flutter
Their fragrant salutes, griefless goodbyes.
Guide Questions (Fulfill Me):
1. Character: Who do you think is the one speaking in the poem?
2. Characterization: What word/s support the author's claim to "Never tell the
children trees are numb"?
3. Conflict: Which line in the poem tells that there is a conflict?
4. Plot: How was the story revealed?
Within their trunks, rings are ingrained,
Telling of refrains
Of lush rain or blooming: Times pilgrimage
But upon the bark
Tender passages are etched: Jun loves Ester
Complete with the year,
Arrow and heart border, despite the order
"Defacing Trees is Punishable."
Guide Questions (Find My Form):
1. What are the words that rhyme?
2. What emotion or tone is present in the poem. Pick out the text evidence.
3. What pattern is used? Look at how the lines are being written.
4. Can you describe the choice of words (diction) used in the poem.
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