The poem begins with an allusion to the Grand Coulee Dam, built on the Columbia River in the
mid-20th century and widely considered to be an
engineering marvel. Reread lines 1-3. What is the
speaker's view on the mighty dam? Tell what image
helps you understand the speaker's feelings about
the dam.

Millicent sat down at her desk in the big study hall. tomorrow she would come to school, proudly, laughingly, without lipstick, with her brown hair straight and shoulder length, and then everybody would know, even the boys would know, that she was one of the elect. teachers would smile , thinking perhaps: so now they've picked millicent arnold. i never would have guessed it. —"initiation," sylvia plath what inference can be made about millicent from the way she is characterized indirectly? millicent is a student with straight brown hair. millicent does not usually take care of her appearance. millicent has not always been popular.