Reading Homework
Poetry Genre: Extended Metaphor/
Poetry Analysis
Task 178
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Reading Teachers: D’Alessio & Konieczna
Directions: Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
Fog
1
5
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches1
and then moves on.
Carl Sandburg
1 If you are on your haunches, you are crouching down.
1. What is an extended metaphor?
a. A comparison of two different things using “like” or “as”
b. A comparison that shows an object acting like a human
c. A direct comparison of two different things
d. When the poet conveys meaning by creating a metaphor that lasts the entire
poem.
2. What two things are being compared in this poem?
is/are being compared to
3. What extra details does this poet give to explain this comparison to make it an
extended metaphor?
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Directions:
 Underline 2 examples of imagery in the poem “Dinner
Together.”
 Answer the questions to the right of the poem
 Answer the post reading questions.
Dinner Together
Diana Rivera
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10
15
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Sitting by the barbeque
waiting for sausages and hot dogs
blue-gray smoke the same color
of the sky
I see a tiny spider
walking down from the sky with tiny sixfooted steps
down
down
in a perfectly straight
line
all the way
down
to the floor
then back up
the same line
rising from one cloud
up to another,
a silver speck
glistening
at its mouth,
climbing the invisible ladder.
Re-read lines 5-15. What sense
does the poet use in his
description?
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Describe the setting of this
poem. Underline the evidence
from the poem to support your
answer.
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The
title of this poem is “Dinner
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Together.” Who is eating dinner
with the speaker?
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Post-Reading
1. Choose one of the examples of imagery from the poem above. Choose the example
that is most vivid in your mind’s eye.
Draw the visualization you see in your mind. Write the exact lines from the poem
underneath the picture. Use colored pencils or markers to make it an excellent picture.
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2. Write 2-3 sentences describing your favorite food. Use vivid language that appeals to the
five senses. Make your reader experience how the food smells, tastes and looks!
Reread the poems above for inspiration before you write. You can make it look like poetry
or like prose.
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