Marilyn Nelson (B. 1946) Chosen Diverne wanted to die, that August night his face hung over hers, a sweating moon.

Marilyn Nelson (B. 1946) Chosen Diverne wanted to die, that August night his face hung over hers, a sweating moon. She wished so hard, she killed part of her heart. If she had died, her one begotten son, her life’s one light, would never have been born. Pomp Atwood might have been another man: born with a single race, another name. Diverne might not have known the starburst joy her son would give her. And the man who came out of a twelve-room house and ran to her close shack across three yards that night, to leap onto her cornshuck pallet. Pomp was their share of the future. And it wasn’t rape. In spite of her raw terror. And his whip. Naomi Shihab Nue

Respond to the following in a minimum of words:     Imagery, Metaphor, Line breaks, Rhythm, Rhyme, Tone, Enjambment

Select one poem assigned as part of this week’s readings and analyze how the poet uses two of the above literary techniques. How do the selected techniques shape the poem’s emotional impact and beauty? How can analyzing poems help you improve your own poetry? Be specific.