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Gary Soto is an American poet, novelist, and memorist"Hamlet 1.3.78' comes from a collection
called You Kiss By TW Book Soto begins every poem in this collection with a line from
Shakespeare's plays, but then takes the poem in new and often surprising directions. As you read,
take notes on the poem's use of imagery,
ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
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This above all: to thine own self be true
Alas, I confess that I am not true to myself but to you
2. PART B: Which of the following lines best supports
the answer to Part A?
The stars reveal this, the mighty oak and the rose,
The flinty rocks I skipped across a brook
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I have walked my loneliness to the sea,
And the sea roared in both ears,
I swallowed and tasted sadness
I lay in the grass and closed my eyes
I saw only you, in a dress white as a doud.
A "This above all to this own self be true. / Alas,
confess that I am not true to myself but to you
(Lines 123
B The stars reveal this, the mightyoak and the
The flinty rock skipped cross brook
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Admittedly, I'm not as tall as the
Neither smart as thee, nor rich as the
Yet, my dear lamb,
Let me be your admirer
I am a stable boy
You a rich farmer's daughter
Let me be like wheat in wind, bending just so
Not the weak stemmed daffodil, bent in rain,
Dipping its face in mud churned by a workman's dos
OC "I have walked my loneliness to the sea, / And
the sea roared in both ears./swallowed and
tasted sadness (nes 57)
D "Let me be your admirer./lam a stable boy. You
a rich farmer's daughter. Let me be like wheat
in wind, bending just so (Lines 13-16)
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