1. The speaker reports that “victory filled up / the little rented boat” (lines 66-67). Whose victory might she have in mind? Why might she use this word? Often, a victory for one is a defeat for another. Is that the case here?

2. Why do you think Harper used the ellipsis in line 5? Is this an effective device, or should he have tried to say what the “something” was?

3. In your own words, what is Cummings saying about the effect love has on him? Is this hyperbolic? Why?

4) Which poet spoke to you more? That is, what poet made you reflect more? Why? How so?

5) In Harper’s poem, are these two lovers, is an affair happening, is the woman a prostitute? Thoughts? Can you make a case for all of them?

please answer each question with 40 words and label each answer with 1. 2. 3.

poems:
“Discovery”, by Michael S. Harper

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/fish-2

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/somewhere-i-have-never-travelledgladly-beyond