Test--Rita Dove Thomas and Beulah

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Part 1
Identify 8 of the following in complete and descriptive sentences:

Lem, yellow scarf, zeppelin, Thomas, Beulah, Tennessee, Akron, mandolin, canary, the stroke, Wingfoot Lake, Malcolm, courtship, the Oriental ballerina, the house on Bishop Street, Beulah's father, Willemma, the Eiffel Tower

Part 2 Short Essay

Choose one poem to EXPLICATE. Explain the poem's structure (stanzaic form, enjambment, linebreaking, alliteration, assonance, consonance, figurative language, imagery, etc.) using appropriate literary terms and be sure to quote lines from the poem. Provide an interpretation of the poem and discuss its significance in terms of the entire poetry cycle.