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Оглавление| Pre-reading | |
| 1. | How do you feel about mosquitoes? In this poem we are given the mosquito’s perspective. What is surprising about this? |
Mosquito’s viewpoint
Don Marquis
A man thinks he amounts to a lot
but to a mosquito
a man is
merely
something to eat.
| Post-reading | |
| 2. | The word “merely” is the only word in line 5. |
| a) | What does this suggest about the way you are meant to say it (tone of voice)? |
| b) | Explain why. Contrast what is said in the first two lines with what is said in the last two. |
| 3. | The poem is amusing but it makes a serious point. Say what you think the point is. |
| 4. a) | Shift the point of view. Make the poem start “A mosquito thinks …” How would you change the rest of the poem? |
| b) | Why is it not easy to make the ‘new’ poem funny in the same way as the Don Marquis poem? |
| 5. | Write a few lines about the main way in which an animal of your choice, such as a spider, a stray dog, or a leopard might see a person. |
