Friday, February 15, 2013

"Junkyards" and "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

"Junkyards" and "Nothing Gold Can Stay" both deal with the idea of impermanence (change).

Please annotate your poems with this thought in mind.

For discussion please discuss the following questions:

1. Read stanza 1 and 2.Given that junkyards are filled with symbols of progress, what might the speaker be suggesting about society?

2.  Analyze the last stanza's "onward-impelling implements." What do you notice about the order in which the speaker lists them?

3.  Are junkyards merely a symbol of the past or can they represent the present in some way? Explain.

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