LITR 3731: Creative Writing 2006

Ron Burton

28 August 2006

Questions for Keely Flom, "Dark Day"

1.       Why is it a “dark day” for the reader?

2.       Are you, the author, writing objectively or subjectively, attempting a moral stance?

Class discussion questions are:

1.     What is the reason he chose to die?

2.     Is the question in stanza 1, to the reader, or is it rhetorical for the character?

3.     What about the ‘future’ imagery?

4.     Why should WE, as readers, mourn?

5.     Who might the author be referring to?

6.     What is ‘our fury’ and ‘our anger’?

7.     Is there a sense of “loss of hope”,  or that his death was in vain?

8.      Is the flow of the poem difficult to follow?

9.     Are there any connotative words that strike the reader?