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Collections Grade 7 Guiding Questions

Collection 6

A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long by Nikki Giovanni

Read the poem A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long by Nikki Giovanni. Then,
reread the lines indicated with each question below. Answer each question, citing
text evidence.

1. Title: Explain how the title might reveal the poems theme.
2. Lines 17: What elements of style are in these lines?
3. Lines 817: Explain what the allusions reveal about the young Nikki Giovanni.
4. Lines 2833: What idiom is in these lines? Explain its meaning in the poem.
5. Lines 3440: What do these lines reveal about the poems theme?
6. Lines 4151: How do the line lengths and stanzas contribute to the poems
meaning?
7. Lines 4451: Analyze these lines and identify the symbol. What is the symbol, and
what does it mean?

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