Worth 100 points and ! answer each question with 4-5 setting the mood listen to the reading of the poem. focus on the choices the speaker makes when reading the poem. after you listen to the poem, answer the following questions in your reading journal.

1. what emotions come to mind when you hear the reader's voice in this poem? (if you have trouble hearing the reader's emotion, listen to his voice when he speaks the lines the traveler says. does he sound confident, worried, happy, scared? )
2. what does the speaker do that creates this emotion? use specific examples or descriptions in your answer.
3. why is that emotion appropriate for this poem? look at the text of the poem. use specific details from the poem to support your inference about the speaker’s emotion.
4. what conclusion can you draw about the speaker? what about the listeners? use evidence from the poem to support your answer.

the poem is called "the listeners"