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When and where is "The Thought Fox" set?
Look at the details the speaker notices around him in the first two stanzas.
Describe the form of the poem: how many stanzas and lines does it have, and in what person and tense is it written?
Count the stanzas and notice the pronoun and verb forms the speaker uses.
At what time of day is the poem set?
The window shows only darkness.
What does the speaker see when he looks through the window?
The sky offers him nothing.
Plan a six-frame storyboard for a short animated film of the poem, one frame for each stanza. For each frame, describe what is shown and what the viewer should feel.
Let each frame match one stanza, and remember that the fox is seen in parts before it arrives.
Compare the opening and closing of the poem. Explain how the ending returns to the beginning and what the single change tells the reader.
List what is the same at the start and at the end, and then look for what is different.
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