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1			Read the first stanza of the poem silently to yourself. Then read the first stanza out loud. Do you understand the poem differently when you read it aloud? How does the enjambment of certain words affect your ability to read the poem aloud?
2			Describe your emotional response to this poem. Did this response change at all when you read the poem aloud?