A Poem
icebox
Forgive
Delicious
Save
...stop being angry with someone;pardon someone
...keep something for the future
..refrigerator;a place to keep food cold
...having a good taste
..This is just to say by William Carlos Williams
..I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox
...and which you were probably saving for breakfast
...Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold
...we put the food in the...to keep it cold and fresh.
..The plums tasted very good.They were...
...I do not want to eat the plums now.I am...them for later.
..I am sorry that I upset you.Please...me.
What fruit do you put inyour icebox.
..what is something you like to save.
....what food do you think is delicious.
...what is something you could never forgive.
..why did the speaker write the poem.
..what did the speaker do that was wrong.
...how does the speaker feel about what he did.
..would you forgive the speaker.
...what tells you that this is a poem
..what do you notice about the write is use of lines and of punctuation.
...how is this poem different from a traditional poem.
..what kind of patterns can you see in the poem
Read the poem aloud.Mark the places where you pause.Compare your answer with those of your partner.Decide which reading sounds best to you.