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Life Is Fine

I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.

I came up once and hollered!
I came up twice and cried!
If that water hadn't a-been so cold
I might've sunk and died.

But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!

I took the elevator
Sixteen floors above the ground.
I thought about my baby
And thought I would jump down.

I stood there and I hollered!
I stood there and I cried!
If it hadn't a-been so high
I might've jumped and died.

But it was High up there! It was high!

So since I'm still here livin',
I guess I will live on.
I could've died for love--
But for livin' I was born

Though you may hear me holler,
And you may see me cry--
I'll be dogged, sweet baby,
If you gonna see me die.

Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!

- Langston Hughes

Lesson Review

Directions: For each question, write your answer in complete sentences. Use supporting details from the lesson to justify your answers. Do not copy and paste text but use your own words to demonstrate understanding of the lesson concepts. Remember to cite your resources. Citation examples are provided below the Review.

Your answers should be 5-7 sentences in length.

1. What is the exposition in this poem?

2. Why do you suppose the speaker sank to the bottom, instead of swimming to the top?

3. What is the rising action in this poem? What makes this the rising action?

4. What is the climax in this poem? Why do you believe this is the climax? Are there any other possibilities?

5. What is the falling action in the poem? Why do you suppose it is the falling action?

6. What is the denouement in the poem? Do you think the speaker was happy to be alive? Why or why not?

7. What is different about the speaker’s tone at the end of the poem versus the beginning? Is it different? Why or why not? 

 

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