Prenatal
Morning Sickness
How was her song made known to her?
Literary devices
List two devices found in Stanza 2 of the poem.
Role of the single Caribbean woman
Stanza 2- have many children and have most forget about you.
Stanza 3- "raised him twice, once as mother then as father, set no ceiling on what he could be..."
Clothing
List the things the mother bought to go to his funeral.
2nd trimester
List two euphemisms used to described pregnancy in stanza 1.
Professions
List some professions the mother set for her son and what he chose.
Father, Father
What did the boy's father figure give him to show how valuable he was?
Tears
Draw a visual representation of a mother praying and weeping while reading psalms for her trespassors.
Full term
Explain the term "tight up under her heart"
Sperm donor
List the qualities of the sons father in comparison/contrast to his "adopted" father
Matthew 7 vs 9
Complete the biblical allusion from the poem,
"what kind of father would give a son ____ and _______ death, when he asks him for _____."
Betrayal
Expound why the biblical allusion to Jidas Isacariot's mother connotated the ultimate betrayal.