"All you need is a bigger calculator or a computer. A computer would spit out the answer in no time." "Are you sure?" "Of course I'm sure." Robert thought that the number devil was a bit too confident. Maybe he was just bluffing. Robert decided to take a chance and said, "You haven't tried it with 11 111 111 111 x 11 111 111 111 have you?" "No, can't say I have." "Well, I bet it doesn't work." The number devil started doing the problem in his head, but his face turned bright red again and swelled up like a balloon. Was it because he was angry, Robert wondered, or because the problem was hard? —The Number Devil, Hans Magnus Enzenberger What best describes the value of reading this text out loud more than once to improve fluency? How can you tell that the passage has dialogue? How can your reading show the two voices? Which unique part of this text affects fluency?

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.