Exploring "When My Noisy Mind Quiets" by Georgia Heard
Dive into the poem "When My Noisy Mind Quiets" by Georgia Heard where the speaker reflects on finding peace and calm amidst a cluttered mind. The analysis explores themes of inner turmoil, self-reflection, and the transformative power of silence on one's voice and thoughts.
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Analyzing Poetry When My Noisy Mind Quiets By Georgia Heard Here in this chair my noisy mind settles into quiet. Directions: Read the poem a few times. Then answer the questions on the slides that follow. I leave all my to do s in a place asleep like winter trees. Then I become friends with the seasons of my breath and my own voice blossoms. Click here to hear the poet read her poem. Note: We refer to the poem s speaker as her, but the speaker is not necessarily female.
First Stanza 2. What feelings or emotions do you think people experience when they have a noisy mind ? 1. The speaker refers to her noisy mind. What do you think she means? What types of thoughts might make someone s mind noisy ?
Second Stanza 3. The speaker refers to her to do s. How are to do s related to the idea of a noisy mind? 4. When the speaker says that she leaves her to do s in a place/asleep like winter trees, what does she mean? How is this different than forgetting about her to do s completely?
Third Stanza 5. What do you think the speaker means by the seasons of my breath ? 6. What do you think the speaker means when she says she becomes friends with her breath?
7. Consider the last line of the poem. What do you think the speaker means when she says her own voice blossoms ? Why do you think this happens when the speaker s mind settles into quiet, as she describes it in the first stanza?
Writers Craft When My Noisy Mind Quiets By Georgia Heard 8. Drag a around each verb in the poem. Here in this chair my noisy mind settles into quiet. 9. Fill in the blank: The verbs in this poem are in tense. I leave all my to do s in a place asleep like winter 10. Why might the poet have made the choice to write this poem in this tense? trees. Then I become friends with the seasons of my breath and my own voice blossoms.
Thats it! Youre done. You can use what you wrote in this activity to help you respond to the prompt that appears in Scope with the poem.
