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"Hitting brakes i anticipate a squirrel or cat or sometimes

a little raccoon

I once braked for a blind little mole who try though he did could not escape the cat toying with his life

Mother to be possum occasionally lopes home ... being

naturally ... slow her condition makes her even ginger"

Setting

The words "morning fog", "driveway", and "eerie glow" show that the poem takes place early in the morning when the sun hasn't come up yet in the narrator's driveway

"Backing out of the driveway

the car lights cast an eerie glow

in the morning fog centering

on movement in rain slick street"

"rain slick street" shows that the speaker is being extra cautious while driving their car

Factual Question

What is the person doing in the morning ?

Form

Free verse poem

Voice

The person speaking is someone driving their car and backing out of their driveway

Tone

The narrator of the poem is speaking softly

Characterization

The speaker saying that there should be a "Possum Crossing" sign shows that worries about animals being killed by the "coffee gurgling neighbors"

"We need a sign Possum Crossing to warn coffee-gurgling

neighbors:

We share the streets with more than trucks and vans and

railroad crossings"

Inductive Question

Who/What do we share the streets with?

Big Question

THE END

How are humans being harmful to animals?

Possum Crossing

By Nikki Giovanni

Metaphor & Symbolism

This is a metaphor meaning that the little mole was killed by the "cat toying with his life" which symbolizes a car

Analytical Question

How does this line relate to The Great Gatsby?

Visual Imagery

The possum "lopes" home which means to move slowly with very easy strides

"I hit brakes for the flutter of the lights hoping it's not a deer

or a skunk or a groundhog

coffee splashes over the cup which i quickly put away from me

and into the empty passenger seat

I look ...

relieved and exasperated ...

to discover i have just missed a big wet leaf

struggling ... to lift itself into the wind

and live"

These lines show that the driver is more worried about the animal than the coffee that just splashed in their car

Personification

The speaker says the leaf is struggling to "lift itself into the wind and live" which is giving the big wet leaf animal like characteristics

"All birds being the living kin of dinosaurs

think themselves invincible and pay no heed

to the rolling wheels while they dine

on an unlucky rabbit"

This stanza means that because birds can fly they think that they cannot be harmed by the "rolling wheels" which means cars

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