February 15th

Hanlon was not here first block:

We got "The Ballad of the Black fox Skin" by Robert William Service.
Do all 4 steps for this poem:

1) Provide a summary for all 4 parts (I,II,III,IV).

2) Define 2 unfamiliar words in the poem.

3) Choose 8 of these: Use Literary term package and PAGE NUMBERS for quotes!
   Irony: Situation OR Verbal.
   Tone (speaker).
   Contrast
   Imagery
   Personification
   Theme
   Alliteration
   Parallelism
   Simile
   Repetition
   Internal Rhyme
   Assonance
   Metaphor

4) Explain a connection to the best course question.

DO THIS ALL ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER!

Summary: I) Characters introduced: Claw-fingered Kitty, Windy Ike, and man-who-had-no-name meet;nameless has the pelt;Pelt is cursed, and was hard to catch. Drink toast to fox's death.

Nameless is like you are him, for you to step in.

II) Life described in Roadhouse with CF-K and W Ike- they kill people for their valuables. Safe by bears than these dance-hall wenches(people worse than animals.) Nameless is drunk and asleep.
(Bonnie and Clyde??)

III) Nameless dead by CF-K. "MY PRECIOUS"=Pelt. CF-K and W-Ike "fell out".Affect of curse. Kitty runs away with pelt. Go to mountains. Kitty's life flashes before her eyes. Kitty dies-Ike kickers her down into crag.

IV)  Ike has pelt. Ike runs away-cursing everything. Ike falls in ice(water). Note left behind. Skin not found, "walked away".

Examples of the curse: Hunter's death, Ike and Kitty no longer friends, Kitty dies, Ike's death.
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This poem differs from the other poems this because it is a narrative poem (ballad), like "David".

3 line stanza= Tercet. AAA rhyme scheme.

Root Quiz 4 handed back