MECIENDO (ROCKING) Mrs. Nelson

“MECIENDO” (ROCKING) Mrs. Nelson Pg918-919

MECIENDO Rocking El mar sus millares de olas The sea divinely rocks its mece, divino. thousands of waves. Oyendo a los mares amantes, Listening to the loving seas mezo a mi niño. I rock my child. El viento errabundo en la noche The wandering wind rocks the wheat mece los trigos. through the night. Oyendo a los vientos amantes, Listening to the loving winds mezo a mi niño. I rock my child. Dios Padre sus miles de mundos God the Father soundlessly rocks mece sin ruido. his myriad worlds. Sintiendo su mano en la sombra Feeling the touch of his hand in the mezo a mi niño. dark I rock my child.

1.What forces of nature does the speaker name in the first two stanzas and what do they have in common with the speaker? (comprehension)

2.Describe the scene in the 3rd stanza.(comprehension)

3.What do the references about nature and God reveal about the speaker’s feelings of motherhood? (infer)

4.Think about the choices of nature that the author chooses to use in her poem. Why might she choose the wind and sea to describe motherhood? (analyze)

5.Why does the speaker talk about God in the poem? (analyze)

6.What is the tone of this poem? Give textual evidence to support your answer.

7.What changes in the poem when it is translated from Spanish to English? (analyze) “MECIENDO” (ROCKING) Mrs. Nelson Pg918-919 8.Why does the speaker repeat the lines “I rock my child”? Why does the speaker do it after 3 lines?(analyze)

9.Give an example of alliteration.

10. Is this poem fixed or free form? How do you know? Is this a narrative or a lyric poem? How do you know? (support)

11. Identify the places where quantity plays a part in this poem. Analyze it and give an educated guess for why numbers seem to be important in this poem. Be able to support with textual evidence.

12. Give an example of personification in this poem.

13. Where does this poem shift? Cite evidence.

14. How is God described in this poem? Why does the author want the reader to associate these things with God?