POEM AT THIRTY-NINE

Question 1

structure and form of poem and thirty nine

Answer 1

• free verse - clarifying her thoughts and feelings
• six short stanzas - fragility and shortness of life - don’t take time with your father for granted

Question 2

messages of poem at thirty nine

Answer 2

• money isnt everything
• dont take time with your loved ones for granted
• life is short

Question 3

summary of poem at thrity nine

Answer 3

• speaker misses her father and regrets the hard life he had to live - poverty
• she describes everything he taught her
• sharing food was a main way they connected and he has passed that onto her and it reminds her of him

Question 4

disjointed structure

Answer 4

her emotional reactions an struggle with grief after her fathers death