An Incomprehensive List
What word begins many of the speaker's reasons for loving their partner?
Because.
Evie Shockley compares love primarily to imagery from what part of the world?
Answer: Nature.
Who is the speaker addressing throughout this poem?
Answer: Future generations / the “Future Ones.”
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What is “Happy”?
What three major ideas are connected throughout this poem?
Answer: Identity, memory, and healing.
The repetition of the same word at the beginning of multiple lines is called this poetic device.
Anaphora
What literary term describes a group of similar images, words, or phrases presented one after another?
Answer: A series.
What does legacy mean?
Answer: Something passed from one generation to the next.
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What is “The Walking Dead”?
What does summoned mean in the phrase about people from the past being “summoned softly”?
Answer: Called back or brought to mind.
Why does Smith include small details such as scarves, television, food, and holding hands?
Answer: To show that love is built through ordinary, personal moments.
The many flowers and natural images in the poem help portray love as what?
Answer: Abundant, alive, and sustaining.
What environmental issue does the speaker regret passing to future generations?
Answer: Climate change / a damaged or “burning” world.
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What is “Attack on Titan”?
According to the poem, what were people like when they were first born?
Answer: “Unhating” and “unhindered.”
How does enjambment contribute to the poem's meaning?
Answer: It allows one thought to flow into another, making the poem sound like an ongoing stream of memories and affection.
What does the poem's fluid, punctuation-light structure help represent?
Answer: The freedom, abundance, and transformational nature of love.
Why is the speaker's memory of snow important?
Answer: It contrasts the speaker's childhood experience with a future in which snow and familiar seasons may be lost.
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What is the Harlem Shake?
What does the image of “hurts unclenching” suggest?
Answer: Pain gradually releasing or healing.
How do the poem's list structure, repetition, and imagery work together to communicate Smith's message about love?
Answer: They show that deep love is made from many accumulated experiences—joyful, ordinary, awkward, and vulnerable—rather than one single reason.
How do imagery and structure work together to develop a theme in “Fruitful”?
Answer: The abundant natural imagery and flowing structure portray love as a sacred, sustaining space where the speaker experiences belonging and transformation.
How do shifts in rhythm and tone contribute to the poem's meaning?
Answer: The changing rhythm and increasingly mournful tone reflect the speaker moving from memory toward regret and concern about the damaged world inherited by future generations.
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What is “on fleek”?
Why does Gorman suggest that going “back to the past” can actually help someone move forward?
Answer: Returning to one's history and earlier self can help a person understand their identity, release pain, and reclaim a self that existed before hatred or fear shaped them.