Reread the poem, "My Father and the Fig Tree." As you reread, gather information in order to
write a narrative story.
In the poem "My Father and the Figtree," the
father is seen through the eyes of his daughter
(the speaker of the poem). Write an original
narrative story that discusses the daughter (the
speaker) and the fig tree from the point of view
of her father. In your story, use what you have
learned about the characters to convey the
father's relationship with the daughter and the
fig tree over time.
Organize your narrative story to highlight the
relationship between the father, daughter, and
the fig tree and the details from the poem. Use
relevant, concrete and sufficient details from the
poem to support your story as told from the
father's perspective. The details you reference
may be explicitly stated in the poem or logically
inferred from the poem.

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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17.) true

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19.) false

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