A Worn Path

  1. How is the complexity of the issues of race depicted in the reading?
  2. What is the point of the many small difficulties that obstruct Phoenix as she makes her way along the worn path?
  3. What is the significance of the unseen character of Phoenix's grandson?

The Love Song…

  1. What role does time play in this poem and are there concrete examples of this or merely hints?
  2. What role does frustrated desire play in this poem? Where are the concrete examples of it?
  3. What is the climax of the poem, and why is the climax important?