5. That Warm Night

Question 1

What happened in the fourth stanza?

Answer 1

The narrator had too much to drink.

Question 2

What does GULPING mean in line 17?

Answer 2

To swallow or drink very fast and to drink a lot of it.

Question 3

What did the narrator mean when she said she felt invincible in line 19?

Answer 3

She felt nothing could defeat her. She must have been drunk.

Question 4

What is happening in the sixth stanza?

Answer 4

The narrator can’t think straight - she is drunk.

Question 5

There is a transition that happens between the tenth and eleventh stanza. What is it? Explain.

Answer 5

The narrator went from driving while drunk to ending up in a car accident. It must have taken place very quickly.

Question 6

Why was it too late in line 48?

Answer 6

The narrator is dead and cannot go back to her previous life.

Question 7

What is the general emotion felt in the second last stanza?

Answer 7

Regret.

Question 8

Whose point-of-view is this poem written in?

Answer 8

First person point-of-view.

Question 9

List at least 3 literary/poetic devices found in the poem.

Answer 9

1. Rhyming lines (e.g. drink and think; light and night)
2. Alliteration (e.g. I felt so free…)
3. Assonance (e.g. My head began to ache)