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Who is Thetis, and what does she hope to see on the shield? Answer in three or four sentences.
Look at the three stanzas (1, 4 and 7) in which she peers over the smith's shoulder.
How many stanzas does the poem have, and how do they alternate?
Count the stanzas of eight lines first, then the stanzas of seven lines.
Which stanzas of the poem are the eight-line stanzas about Thetis?
Think of the stanzas in which she peers over the smith's shoulder, plus the last stanza.
What does the shield show at the spot meant for the altar in Thetis's second hope?
Read the end of stanza 4 and then stanza 5.
Write two summaries of the poem, one of about 100 words and one of about 30 words. Then explain in two sentences what you kept and what you dropped when you shortened it.
Keep the contrast between Thetis's hopes and the shield, then cut details until the central idea remains.
Make a plan for a summary answer by pairing each of Thetis's hopes with the scene that replaces it, giving stanza numbers. Then explain in two sentences what the pairing shows about Auden's purpose.
List the three hopes with their stanza numbers, then find the scene or scenes that answer each one.
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