A Blessing
The poem’s title is “A Blessing:” what is the blessing? Is it a lesson?
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— https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/blessing
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Does this speaker portray this memory of his father positively or negatively? How do you know?
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—https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43330/my-papas-waltz
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If you need to, research the Biblical story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead.
What images in this poem invoke that story?
What is the significance of the allusion?
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—https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/lady-lazarus
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What do you think the cat’s bowl symbolizes?
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—https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/36759/the-blue-bowl
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How is an arch like a marriage?
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—https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47013/most-like-an-arch-this-marriage
