Almost Perfect

2

• annotate the poem for

  • • speaker's age in each stanza

    • speaker's complaints in each stanza

    • rhyme scheme (chart it)

    • repetition (2 different phrases)

    • alliteration (lines 4, 9, 16, 20)

    • who is being alluded to in the last 2 lines)

    • see if you can figure out the mood and the tone (they are different)

    • words with strong connotations (you were to have watched done the tone study, so if lost, go back to that)

• study guide