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Read lines 1–8 (stanza 1). What does Thetis hope to see, and what does she see instead?
Look at the four lines before the 'but' in line 5 and the three lines after it.
In which stanza are Thetis, Hephaestus and Achilles first named, and how are they referred to before that?
Check the pronouns in the opening line of stanzas 1, 4 and 7.
In stanza 1, at which line does the word 'but' turn the stanza?
Count four lines of hope first.
Which lines show the three prisoners being led out and tied to posts?
Stanza 5 runs from line 31 to line 37.
Paraphrase stanzas 2 and 3 (lines 9–22) in about 120 words of your own prose, without quoting any line.
Cover the poem, retell each stanza's scene in plain prose, keep the order of the images and avoid copying any phrase.
Make a stanza map for the whole poem: for each stanza give the lines, what it shows, one important image and one technique to notice.
Work down the poem stanza by stanza, using the line numbers in the lesson, and give each stanza one image and one technique.
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