Shopping

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Shopping

Literature

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By answering the questions

What is, at first sight,
the theme of the poem?

Answer:

• Shopping can lead to a lot of stress.

Does this woman have a lot of money to spend?

1. yes
2. no

In which line can
you find the answer to
the previous question?

Answer:

• Line 7

3. Why does the woman
get a headache?

Answer:

Line 10:

• She cannot find the right clothes.
  
  

Line 13:

• Nothing looks right on her, because she doesn't have the right shape.

4. Explain in your own words what alliteration means.

Do not use the description at the back of your reader.
This is to check what you still remember.

Answer

When the first syllables of words rhyme
In a summer season when soft was the sun

5. Why do you rhink that 'Paradise' is written with a capital P?

Explain your answer.
Group discussion, after that class discussion.

Answer:

• It might refer to the garden of Eden
• Maybe it is just the name of the shopping mall.

6. How would you describe
the woman's character?

Answer

• She tries to look confident (line 1)
• However, she is quite insecure (lines 8 - 14)

7. There is  contradiction in stanzas 1 & 9. What is it and what is the effect?

Class discussion

Answer

• In stanza 1 she walks proudly, so she is confident
• In stanza 9 she limps, so she is insecure

8. What do you see in the poem concerning repetition?

Class discussion

Answer

• The 2nd and 4th line of each stanza are repeated in the next stanza.
  
  This poem is a 'pantoum'.

9. Try to give a definition of a pantoum.

You'll get a peek at my answer, but it's the same as in the back of the reader.

Answer

• A series of four line stanzas
• The second and fourth lines of each stanza are repeated
• The second line becomes the first line, the fourth line becomes the fourth line
• Line 1 of stanza 1 becomes the 4th line of the final stanza
• Line 4 of stanza 1 becomes the 1st line of the final stanza

10. Lines 30 and 33 have the same words, but the meaning is different. Explain the difference

Answer

• Line 30: the dummies offer hope to all shoppers
  
  
• Line 33: they offer hop to others, but not the woman anymore

11. How would you describe the theme now?

Answer

• The fashion industry makes women insecure.

I think I understand this poem well enough for the test.

Yes

No

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If you have answered yes, focus on your week task.

If you have answered no, please let me know what you do not understand (yet).