poem without end #3-Nanabush metaphor

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Acknowledgment-Brandon

poem-without-end-3 read together once

Stanza 1: Venus’ group

Stanza 2: Nick’s group

Stanza 3: Catriona’s group

Stanza 4: Ryan’s group

Stanza 5: Memphis’ group

Stanza 6: Alek’s group

These are the notes you should be taking (write on your poem)

  • What is the comparison being made in the metaphor?
  • What actions does Nanabush take in the stanza? What might these actions represent?
  • What types of imagery are present in the stanza?
  • What point is the poet trying to make by using this metaphor?

Tuesday: Final Quick Write for Trickster Unit #6: “One way or another
we are living the stories planted in us early along the way” (Ben Okri, from The Truth About
Stories, p. 153).

Trickster Free Writes:

  1. First Nations literature is inhabited by fantastic creatures
  2. “Mythology is what we call someone else’s religion” Joseph Campbell. First, listen as a listener to the story.
  3. Stories can teach valuable lessons.
  4. “I will tell you something about stories…They aren’t just entertainment.” Leslie Silko (King, The Truth About Stories, 92)
  5. ”You have to know the past to understand the present” (Dr. Carl Sagan)
  6. : “One way or another we are all living the stories planted in us early along the way” (Ben Okri from “The Truth About Stories, 9.153)

Time to update your concept map

When done-update your concept map and don’t forget revisit slide #14 on the Trickster ppt about “What is It You Don’t Like?” for the final aspect of Trickster Concept Map

Review Poetry Terminology EFP 12 quiz soon