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Nswer in Your Own Words: 10 Questions

The document provides a reading comprehension assessment on the poem "Autumn Song" by Paul Verlaine, asking the test taker to answer 10 questions about themes, symbols, and their own interpretation of the poem in short answer format. It explores the melancholy and sorrowful feelings conveyed in the poem through themes of memory, loss, and impermanence represented by autumn winds, a violin, and falling leaves. Students are asked to analyze the poem and apply its themes to their own experiences with sadness.

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Nswer in Your Own Words: 10 Questions

The document provides a reading comprehension assessment on the poem "Autumn Song" by Paul Verlaine, asking the test taker to answer 10 questions about themes, symbols, and their own interpretation of the poem in short answer format. It explores the melancholy and sorrowful feelings conveyed in the poem through themes of memory, loss, and impermanence represented by autumn winds, a violin, and falling leaves. Students are asked to analyze the poem and apply its themes to their own experiences with sadness.

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LA CONCEPCION COLLEGE

Part III Semi-finals, Total Points: 100

Comprehension: Read FIRST and answer in your own words: 10 questions

Autumn Song by Paul Verlaine

LONG sobbing winds, the violin of autumn drone,


Wounding my heart with languorous smart in monotone.

Choking and pale, when on the gale, the hour sounds deep,
I call to mind dead years behind, and I weep.

And I, going, borne by blowing winds and grief,


Flutter, here— there, as on the air, the dying leaf.

Answer the questions as best as you can. Use the back space of this paper or you may use
another sheet.

A. Thinking about the selection


1. What does the speaker recall that makes him weep?
B. Interpreting: (total: 3 points)
1. What feeling is created by the opening stanza?
2. Search the poem for a reason that might explain the sorrow that the author seems to feel.. Tell what
might explain why he feels the way he does.
3. Explain the appropriateness of the speaker’s comparison of himself to a fallen leaf.
C. Applying:
1. What are the other seasons of the year?
D. Motivation / Prior Knowledge (total: 3 points)
1. When do feelings of sadness in a person’s life sometimes enter their lives?
2. Have there been instances when those feelings of sorrow occurred?
3. What can be done to to put those thoughts in perspective or to ease feelings of loneliness.
E. What is the theme of the poem?
F. What are the things or feelings that can be associated with the following seasons (2 points)
1. summer (dry season)
2. winter (wet season)
G. Discuss the author’s use of the violin.
1. Is there any instrument that could be substituted for it in this context?
H. Why do writers speak of wounded hearts when they depict sorrowful experiences?
I. Is the word “weep” the best word for the speaker to use? Why or why not?
J. Write a short poem.

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