- How is the complexity of the issues of race depicted in the reading?
- What is the point of the many small difficulties that obstruct Phoenix as she makes her way along the worn path?
- What is the significance of the unseen character of Phoenix's grandson?
The Love Song…
- What role does time play in this poem and are there concrete examples of this or merely hints?
- What role does frustrated desire play in this poem? Where are the concrete examples of it?
- What is the climax of the poem, and why is the climax important?