Background
Penelope's newfound passion
What is Sewing/Embroidery?
The one word that is repeated multiple times in "The Wife of the Man of Many Wiles"
What is Believe?
The point of view/person both poems are told from
Who is Penelope?
In "Penelope" it took her this long until she stopped missing her husband/stopped noticing that the days were passing
What is 6 months?
The name of Penelope's husband
Who is Odysseus?
A simile that represents perseverance and resilience in "Penelope"
What is My thimble like an acorn pushing up through umber soil (19-20)?
Even though Penelope's actions are different, there is a common emotion in both poems she feels towards her husband
What is disinterest/dislike/doesn't care?
Penelope encourages her husband to do what to her suitors (Hint: "The Wife of the Man of Many Wiles")
What is killing them?
What Penelope does in the original telling (Hint: Look at page 707)
What is promising to marry a suitor after she finishes weaving/sewing a project, but each night unravels it so she doesn't have to?
The name of the literary device used in both poems where the author inserts a pause in a line using punctuation
What is Caesura?
How Penelope is characterized in "Penelope" vs "The Wife of the Man of Many Wiles"
"Penelope": Passionate, independent, creative
"The Wife of the Man of Many Wiles": Independent, resentful, symbol of infidelity
The amount of time Penelope's husband was actually gone
What is 20 years?