1 How many different kinds of pain are listed in this poem? 3 2 5 4 2 What kind of literary element is "fouled tunes" (line 4)? comparison metaphor allegory simile 3 What does "wretched" most likely mean in the context of line 6? lovely and beautiful physically appealing promiscuous foul, disgusting 4 What does Baraka mean by "without shadow, or voice, or meaning" when referring to the "hard flesh" that he touches in Stanza II? They are dead bodies They are monsters He is interacting with their flesh but has no contact with their souls They are actually robots 5 What traps the speaker of the poem? A factory that he cannot escape He is being held captive by a horde of men His own flesh, which is made into an object by society The confines of jail 6 What is the first kind of pain listed in this poem ("As now, as all his / flesh hurts me")? being touched with someone that has very rough hands having a skin condition that makes skin-to-skin contact painful jumping into a vat of acid the torture of being stuck inside your body that is not a part of who you actually are 7 What is the second kind of pain given in this poem ("As when she ran from me into / that forest")? worry that she will be eaten by monsters in the forest pain of abandonment and loss of love pain of the unknown not being able to run 8 What goes "higher than even old men thought / God would be" (Stanza V)? the mind the devil a helicopter a bird 9 Who turns out to be a "self, after all" (Stanza VI)? the "lost soul" God the devil the speaker 10 What kind of literary element is "whithered yellow flowers" in Stanza V? simile hyperbole metonymy metaphor 11 How is beauty practiced in Stanza V? through poetry through pain through the separation between soul and body through nature, like trees and a river 12 What does the speaker *actually* live inside? his home his body New York City human love 13 What can the speaker be recognized as? his facial features words and emotion where he lives his height and weight 14 What has no feeling in Stanza VIII? metal words the body the soul 15 What is left screaming by the end of the poem? the "lost soul" the soul that is trapped inside of its body the speaker's lover everyone 16 Based on textual evidence, who could be the "lost soul" the speaker refers to in Stanza V? the person the speaker abandoned in a past life Baraka's first wife, Hattie Jones white people Jack Kerouac 17 What kind of literary element is "blind" (Stanza V)? hyperbole onomatopoeia metaphor simile 18 What kind of literary device is used in "silver, spiraled, whirled" (Stanza V)? onomatopoeia metonymy alliteration assonance 19 What does "corrupt" most likely mean in the context of line 35? together healthy debased/depraved complete 20 What is the closest definition of "gale" in the context of Stanza VI? a type of bridge a windy place a forest a courtyard 21 What kind of associations come up with the actions of "the cold men in their gale" in Stanza VI? religion, sacredness, awe fear, death, destruction ritual, conformity, collectivity harmony, unity, peace 22 In other words, what do the speaker's enemies do to him in Stanza III? make him read lots of books and expand his mind kill him carry him in a ritualistic procession as if preparing him for sacrifice offer him the tools necessary to have a successful life 23 Why does the speaker call flesh "an abstraction" is Stanza III? someone's flesh is often obstructed by clothing his flesh has been cut up and deformed through torture bodies are very beautiful and often the skin looks like a work of art any perception of the body is influenced by societal conventions 24 What "glows as the day with its sun" (Stanza VII)? the sky God flesh, symbolized by metal that is so hot it becomes white the gale that the cold men are living in 25 Why might have Baraka chosen to repeat "the yes" the times in Stanzas V-VI? it creates a repetition of rhythm and speeds up the meter towards the climax of the poem; also helps the poem sound more musical to really emphasize what he is referring to because it sounds cool to bring up different kinds of "yes"