Fill In The Blank
"Your thoughts are my ______"
Brothers
What is personification?
Representing a non-human thing as if it were human
What other song would you recommend that has a connection to the poem?
All acceptable if they make sense.
"Your thoughts are my brothers"
We think alike
*answers may vary*
Who was the Author?
Marge Piercy
"But each strange in his ______ body"
Leather
what is a metaphor?
To make a comparison between two things that don't have a like or as.
Was there any rhyming?
No.
"Loving is an act that cannot outlive"
Love doesn't last forever.
*answers may vary*
When is her birthday?
March 31st 1936
"and _____ is an act"
Loving
What is symbolism?
A word that has a deeper meaning.
What year was Simple Song written?
1963-1982
"But each strange in his leather body sealed in skin, and reaching out in clumsy hands"
On the outside you may look tough, but on the inside you are falling apart.
*answers may vary*
How old is she?
83 years old
"How hard, hard and _____ to be together"
Weary
What is paradox?
A statement that contradicts itself and still seems true somehow.
What is a stanza?
A verse
"when we are leaving someone we say how strange you are"
Over time we start to see the person inside, and sometimes it's someone we don't even recognize.
*answers may vary*
Where was she born?
Detroit
"Sealed in _____ and reaching out in _____ hands"
Skin, Clumsy
What is an oxymoron?
Two contradictory words are together in one phrase.
What could've been a motivation for Marge to write this poem?
Her divorce
"The door in the chest standing open"
You have the choice to do what you want.
*answers may vary*
Name three other works has she written.
Body of Glass
Woman on the Edge of Time
Going Down Fast