Comprehension check Answer

1. Who is the persona in the poem? The persona in the poem is could be the
guitar’s player, someone listening to the
guitar, or someone writing about guitars.
1. Slender strings that are bright as gold
“that” Sing tenderly as a wild dove
2. Its elect voice,’ like the paint of a
precious feeling”
2. Which images used in the first stanza refer to the 3. Its elect voice,” like the slow sigh of
sense of sound? soul in tears
a. Image 1 4. “The guitar joins the faint weeping” of
the stirring wind “hardly heard”, In its
b. Image 2
telling of a pain once felt.”
c. Image 3 5. The old guitar is playing” its hallowed
strings are speaking, Of the anguish
caused by loneliness and love.
6. The dulcet guitar is frequently heard,
like a bird that rests not at evening”
7. Along the streets the guitar wanders As
3. What other images that suggest sound are used in it sings of the love that it mourns.
the whole poem? 8. “No one can help but listen, enchanted,
a. Image 4 No one can help but feel the strong
b. Image 5 grieving”
c. Image 6 4.he tone/tones of the poem are:
d. Image 7 Mourning/ Sorrowful, Lonely
e. Image 8 5.Grief or Sorrow

6.The guitar player:

ii) Is skilled/expert player
v) A lonely person
7. Those who feel pain and grief are:
The guitar player
The people who listen to the
guitar
8. The guitar symbolizes: Beauty,
Holiness
The music of the guitar
symbolizes:
Grief/Sorrow
Loneliness
Magic

4. What is the tone of the poem?

 5. What emotion is repeatedly mentioned in the
poem? Why?
6. Who plays the guitar?

7. Who feels the pain and grief?

8. What does the guitar symbolizes?

Comprehension check

1. Who is the persona in the poem?

The persona in the poem is could be the guitar’s player, someone listening to the guitar, or someone
writing about guitars.

2. Which images used in the first stanza refer to the sense of sound?
d. Image 1
e. Image 2
f. Image 3
1. Slender strings that are bright as gold “that” Sing tenderly as a wild dove
2. Its elect voice,’ like the paint of a precious feeling”
3. Its elect voice,” like the slow sigh of soul in tears

3. What other images that suggest sound are used in the whole poem?
f. Image 4
g. Image 5
h. Image 6
i. Image 7
j. Image 8
4. “The guitar joins the faint weeping” of the stirring wind “hardly heard”, In its telling of a pain once
felt.”
5. The old guitar is playing” its hallowed strings are speaking, Of the anguish caused by loneliness
and love.
6. The dulcet guitar is frequently heard, like a bird that rests not at evening”
7. Along the streets the guitar wanders As it sings of the love that it mourns.
8. “No one can help but listen, enchanted, No one can help but feel the strong grieving”
 4. What is the tone of the poem?
The tone/tones of the poem are:
Mourning/ Sorrowful, Lonely

5. What emotion is repeatedly mentioned in the poem? Why?

Grief or Sorrow
6. Who plays the guitar?
6.The guitar player:
ii) Is skilled/expert player
v) A lonely person

7. Who feels the pain and grief?

those who feel pain and grief are:
The guitar player
The people who listen to the guitar

8. What does the guitar symbolizes?

The music of the guitar symbolizes:
Grief/Sorrow
Loneliness
Magic