Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- What kind of traumas do you think the speaker might have experienced? What makes you say so?
- What is the point of all the contradictions and ambiguity in the poem?
- Do you think the speaker views the "formal feeling" as good, bad, or somewhere in between? Why do you think so?
- How does the poem's constantly shifting meter affect its tone?
- Which do you think is the most powerful symbol in the poem? Really? Why that one?