"Mountain Graveyard" by Robert Morgan

Question 1

prose

Answer 1

could mean that everyone who died has a story

Question 2

notes

Answer 2

could be the headstones or etchings of the headstones

Question 3

tales

Answer 3

could be the story of the people’s lives

Question 4

cedars

Answer 4

could help to create the mountain setting of the poem

Question 5

earth

Answer 5

could show that everyone is going to be part of the earth

Question 6

please

Answer 6

speaker could be mourning the loss of life

Question 7

death

Answer 7

could be a literal explanation of what is happening

Question 8

row 1 (spore prose)

Answer 8

could mean maybe the decomposing is telling the story

Question 9

row 2 (stone notes)

Answer 9

could mean the headstones

Question 10

row 3 (slate tales)

Answer 10

could mean the headstones

Question 11

row 4 (sacred cedars)

Answer 11

could mean the sacred graveyard

Question 12

row 5 (heart earth)

Answer 12

could mean the speakers heart mourning death

Question 13

row 6 (asleep please)

Answer 13

could mean a claim from the dead that it is ok to move on from the death of loved ones

Question 14

row 7 (hated death)

Answer 14

could mean a claim opposite from the previous line and mean people are angry that they died

Question 15

what is significant about the particular words in each column of Morgan’s poem?

Answer 15

each pair of words are anagrams

Question 16

“the words carefully chosen by the author to convey meaning”

Answer 16

word choice

Question 17

opposites

Answer 17

sacred; hated

Question 18

which of these has the greatest effect on how the reader reads a poem

Answer 18

the background and personal experiences of the reader

Question 19

the interpretation of a poem is

Answer 19

personal to each reader

Question 20

what poetic element is unique and most apparent

Answer 20

form

Question 21

how do the words in the column to the left relate to the title?

Answer 21

words used to describe an actual graveyard

Question 22

heart and earth

Answer 22

heart represents love and love is felt for everyone buried in the earth

Question 23

create the setting of the poem

Answer 23

cedar

Question 24

key poetic elements

Answer 24

word choice, word order, and tone, form

Question 25

word order

Answer 25

the way the author arranges words within the line of poetry

Question 26

tone

Answer 26

author’s attitude toward the subject

Question 27

tone of the poem

Answer 27

confused