"The Road Not Taken" is literally about a traveler who comes to a fork in the road. Explain how the poem could be understood as a metaphor for choices in life. How do you think the narrator feels about the choices he has made in life? Choose words from the poem that support your answer. How do these words affect the feeling, or "tone"?

Of the poems you have read so far, which did you find most powerful regarding the themes of identity and/or freedom and why? don't forget evidence (quotes, name of poem,

Which of the narrator's statements in "the yellow wallpaper" suggests that she does not think women are too frail to be intellectual? a. i verily believe she thinks it is the writing which made me sick! b. of course i didn't do a thing. jennie sees to everything now. c. i don't feel as if it was worth while to turn my hand over for anything, and i'm getting dreadfully fretful and querulous. d. so i walk a little in the garden or down that lovely lane, sit on the porch under the roses, and lie down up here a good deal.

Which evaluation category receives the highest rating? which evaluation category receives the lowest rating?