Discuss the following with your classmates:

1. What are some of the different types of responses or stances evident in these students' responses?

2. What are some of the successes students are having in responding to the poem?

3. What are some difficulties students are having in responding to the poem and what might be the reasons for these difficulties?

4. How is your own response to the poem different from the students' responses? What are some reasons for these differences related to knowledge of literary conventions, ways of responding/reading, and knowledge of the world?

5. What kinds of questions might students examine that would help them develop their responses to the poem? What inquiries could be launched from reading this poem? How might you help students pursue them?