Abuelito Who

Sandra Cisneros
Abuelito who throws coins like rain
and asks who loves him
who is dough and feathers
who is a watch and glass of water
whose hair is made of fur
5
is too sad to come downstairs today
who tells me in Spanish you are my diamond
who tells me in English you are my sky
whose little eyes are string
cant come out to play
10
sleeps in his little room all night and day
who used to laugh like the letter k
is sick
is a doorknob tied to a sour stick
is tired shut the door
15
doesnt live here anymore
is hiding underneath the bed
who talks to me inside my head
is blankets and spoons and big brown shoes
who snores up and down up and down up and down again
20
is the rain on the roof that falls like coins
asking who loves him
who loves him who?

April Rain Song

Langston Hughes
Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain.

The World is Not a Pleasant Place to Be

Nikki Giovanni
The world is not a pleasant place
to be without
someone to hold and be held
by a river would stop
its flow
if only a
stream were there to receive
it an ocean would never laugh
if clouds werent there
to kiss her tears
the world is not
a pleasant place to be without
someone
Fame is a Bee
Emily Dickinson
Fame is a bee.
It has a song
It has a sting

Ah, too, it has a wing.

LITERARY ANALYSIS
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Key Ideas and Details
1. Context Clues: In April Rain Song, what is the meaning of pools (line 4) ? What
context clues in the poem help you determine the meaning?
2. Context Clues: In The World is not a Pleasant Place to Be, what is the meaning of
flow (Line 5)? What context clues in the poem help you decide?
3. (A) Make Inferences: In Abuelito Who what is happening with Abuleito? (B)
Interpret: What words in the poem convey Abuelitos situation?
Craft and Structure
4. Figurative Language: For each poem, fill in a graphic organizer like the one below
with examples of the different type of figurative language.
5. Figurative Language: How does the use of figurative language contribute to the tone
of each poem? Cite specific examples from the texts to support your responses.
Figurative
Abuelit
April
The World Fame is a
Language
o Who
Rain
is Not a
Bee

Song

Pleasant
Place to
Be

Metaphor
Personification
Similie
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
6. (A) In April Rain Song, what kind of song does the rain sing? (B)
Infer: What does the song tell you about the speakers feelings
about the rain? (C) Speculate: how would the poem be different if
it were about the rain that comes with a hurricane? Explain.
7. (A) Intepret: Make a T-Chart about the good and bad things in
response to fame.
8. Do we need words to communicate well? (A) In Abuelito
Who, and April Rain Song, find examples of common things that
are described in uncommon ways. (B) Does this technique help the
poets communicate their ideas effectively?