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ACTIVIDAD EN PROGRESO PARA LITERACY SKILLS-ADVANCED: 7TH MYP FECHA DE ENTREGA 4 MAY, 2023

Reading Lesson: "The Neighbor's Wife"

Parte 1 Parte 2: Second Read Parte 3

Instrucciones: Read the poem for literal understanding. As you read, answer the questions.

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"The Neighbor's Wife"

1. Escribir: How does the speaker's perspective

contrast with Colin's?
The Neighbor's Wife

por Susan Palwick 1985 Tamaño de letra A A A A

[1] It sprouts wings every few weeks

but as yet has flown no further
than the woodpile in the yard
where we found it six months ago.

[5] Colin Wilcox thought it was his wife "Untitled" de ulleo utilizada bajo licencia CC0.
returned as an angel. It still wore
its headset then, lying trapped
in a crushed metal basket; Colin freed it,

muttering something about harps and haloes, GUARDAR Y SIGUIENTE

[10] and the rest of us stayed quiet. Colin carried it Lines 1-10 Question

into the house and for three weeks nursed it

in his bed, on the side unwarmed since Marella,

the old Marella, had her heart attack.

When it could walk on six legs Colin taught
[15] it to fry bacon, weed the garden, milk
the goats, which cower at his touch. Lines 10-16 Question

“Reminding her what she forgot in Heaven,”

he tells us, but she has not remembered speech,
this new Marella who is purple and croaks 1
[20] like bullfrogs on the hottest summer nights,

who surely came from somewhere, if not from God.

Lately it uses those stubby wings to carry
the heaviest logs from the woodpile. For Colin’s sake
no one has tried to frighten it away. Lines 17-24 Questions

"The Neighbor's Wife" from Amazing Stories by Susan Palwick. Copyright © 1985 by Susan
Palwick. Used with permission. All rights reserved.

Notas
1. Croak (verbo) : to make a deep hoarse sound