Making Connections

1. Aside from the subject matter, what do you think is the biggest difference between “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” (p. 1084) and “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Tortilla” (p. 1087)?

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   Making Connections: - Aside from the subject matter, what do you think is the biggest difference between “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” (p. 1084) and “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Tortilla” (p. 1087)?
2. Is Aaron A. Abeyta’s purpose to honor the Wallace Stevens poem or to satirize it? Or is it a combination of the two? Explain your answer.

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   Making Connections: - Is Aaron A. Abeyta’s purpose to honor the Wallace Stevens poem or to satirize it? Or is it a combination of the two? Explain your answer.
3. Stevens locates at least part of his poem in Connecticut; Abeyta places his in Chimayo, a small village near Santa Fe, New Mexico. How are these two settings different? Are there any similarities? How do they add layers of meaning to the two poems? How do they separate the two poems?

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   Making Connections: - Stevens locates at least part of his poem in Connecticut; Abeyta places his in Chimayo, a small village near Santa Fe, New Mexico. How are these two settings different? Are there any similarities? How do they add layers of meaning to the two poems? How do they separate the two poems?
4. Using these poems as a model, write your own version that looks at a familiar object thirteen different ways.

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   Making Connections: - Using these poems as a model, write your own version that looks at a familiar object thirteen different ways.