Toads

“Toads” p. 82-83; write the answers to #4 and 5.
1. The second ‘Toad’ in the poem is the word starves, which can mean either; one dying for food, be freezing cold, or deprive of something necessary. In this poem it seems that it is used as the most common meaning hunger. This is the second ‘Toad’ that is used in the poem.


• Read it through-Done
• Define any words you don’t know-Bumpkins-socially awkward person from the countryside.
• Identify the speaker-Someone who works hard and doesn’t get treated the way he or she needs or wants to be.
• Identify the situation
o What’s happening-Speaker is talking about how he/she not being treated well.
o When is this happening-“” “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “
o When is this happening-Sometime during the day
o Where is this happening-inside somewhere
• Identify the tone of the poem
o How the poem makes you feel-Sad, Disgusted, Revolted, and Cold.
o The Speaker and how or what he gives to you.-The speaker gives me the feeling that he is tired of doing something and he wants a change for the better.
• Identify important words or phrases-Works, Toads, Starves, and ‘Stuff your Pension’.
• Breakdown the words
o Musicality- sound- feeling
o Denotation- definition(s)
o Connotation- what the word implies
• Name the theme of the poem- The theme of this poem is that if you want to change something or if you want something better for you, you need to make it happen and do something about that change, it will not happen on its own.
o NOT THE MORALE
o Usually implied in the poem
• Or the purpose of the poem
• How does the author achieve this affect- The author achieves this by, using starves, ‘Stuff your pension’, and other themed like words or phrases.