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SSC Annotating Poems Good Bones by Maggie Smith Analysis

 

Poems are attached

How to annotate:

  • See an unfamiliar or uncertain word/phrase? Look it up and write def. next to word to aid understanding.
  • See a word/phrase that could have a symbolic meaning or an unusual connotation? Think. Why might the poet have chosen this exact word? Write your best guess next to the word.
  • Is the phrasing the poet is using kind of confusing? Write a simplified version of what they are saying to aid understanding.
    • Can you sum the poem up in a sentence or two? Write it down.
  • Don’t understand something? Write it down.