Name Per, Directions: Use the chart below to analyze the details of the poem. In the left column, copy down the line(s) including specific details you think are important in helping you infer meaning. In the right column, write down what you infer from it. Some of the answers have been started for you. Cold, and weighted down tis winter, the oranges were heavy — perhaps a burden Decause he realizes he doesn’t have any money. Or, he may be feeling nervous or unsure about going to the gir!’s house, the one whose Porch light burned yellow Night and day, in any weather, ‘The porch light is on all the time. Why don't they ever tum it off? I'can infer that maybe the parents are always ‘working and don’t realize i's on. Or maybe there is always someone home. ©2011 Seconsary Solutions PeckstSolutionsi® 9 Single-Classrooms Use Licensed ProductUsing your notes from the chart, answer the following questions using ntences. complete 2, What conclusions can you draw about the girl based on the inferences you made from the poem? 3. What conclusions can you draw about the speaker based on the inferences you made from the poem? 4. What conclusions can you draw about the setting of the poem? _ Part Three Inother poems you've studied, you've looked at symbolism. As you recall, symbols stand for something greater than what they literally might be. In literature, there are often universally recognized symbols. For example, many colors have strong meaning attached to them. White generally symbolizes purity; black symbolizes death; red symbolizes love or life. 1. Go back into the poem and circle any words that refor to light. Copy the line(s) from the poem: 2. Formulate some ideas as to what the images of light used in the poem might symbolize. 3. What do you associate an orange with? What kind of place do you think of when you think of oranges? __ _ (©2011 Secondary Solutions PockerSolutlons® 10 Single-Cassroom Use Licensed ProductName sae Per. Direetions: Compare the oranges at the beginning, the middle and the end of the ‘poem, Use the chart below to describe how the oranges change. In the column on the right, write about what you think the orange(s) might symbolize or mean at that point inthe poem. The first one has been done for you. The oranges are weighing him down. That might symbolize that he’s worried about being able to pay for the candy. Lines 35-38 Lines gi-end 4, Looking at your notes from the chart, what do you notice about how the orange changes in the poem? 5. What kind of person might be able to make fire inhishands? 6. Drawa conclusion about the relationship between the orange and the spesker at the end of the poom. What might it mean about the speaker if he can make fire? 7. In your opinion, what does the orange as a balll of fire symbolize at the end of the poem? a (©2041 Secontary Solions PocketSohtions rn Staglo-Classroor Use Lieénsad Prot