CHOICES BY: TESS GALLAGHER

Power point by Alex Burton

POEMI go to the mountain side

of the house to cut saplings,

and clear a view to snow

on the mountain. But when I look up,

saw in hand, I see a nest clutched in

the uppermost branches.

I don’t cut that one.

I don’t cut the others either.

Suddenly, in every tree,

an unseen nest

where a mountain

would be.

• In the form of 1 stanza• Twelve lines (fit to screen)• Is about her live when she

lived in the mountains and they chopped trees down

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

She was born in Port Angeles, Washington in the year 1943

She is a poet, short story writer, essayist, screen play writer, editor, literary executor, and translator

She lives in Port Angeles, Washington

She went to college at University of Washington

Imagery

These two are imagery because they show what the things it says

looks like and goes into detail

Rhythm

This is all rhythm because it take a lot of words to get a constant flow

I go to the mountain sideof the house to cut

saplings,and clear a view to snow

on the mountain. But when I look up,

saw in hand, I see a nest clutched in

the uppermost branches.

Rhythm

Imagery

Rhyme

• This is the only time that the author rhymed and this is gives the effect of rhythm also

Repetition

• This shows that she realizes that she should not cut down the trees for sure

I don’t cut that one.I don’t cut the others either.

Suddenly, in every tree,

an unseen nestwhere a mountain

would be.

Rhyme

Repetition

POETIC

TERMS

MetaphorIt is at the middle where it says but when I look up, saw in hand.

This is a metaphor because it says saw in hand. The nest where still in the trees so not in hands.

HyperboleAt the end where it says where a mountain should be.

This is exaggerating because the mountain is still there.

I go to the mountain side

of the house to cut saplings,

and clear a view to snow

on the mountain. But when I look up,

saw in hand, I see a nest clutched in

the uppermost branches.

I don’t cut that one.

I don’t cut the others either.

Suddenly, in every tree,

an unseen nest

where a mountain

would be.

POETIC

TERMS

Cynghanedd• This is just a basic

sense of sound-concept within one line.

• This is the last line it shows this with the rhythm and rhyme.

Volta• This when there is a

sudden change in words that changes emotion.

• This is when it says suddenly, in every tree. This changes the emotion and view very quickly.

I go to the mountain side

of the house to cut saplings,

and clear a view to snow

on the mountain. But when I look up,

saw in hand, I see a nest clutched in

the uppermost branches.

I don’t cut that one.

I don’t cut the others either.

Suddenly, in every tree,

an unseen nest

where a mountain

would be.

IMAGES

Mountain side

I go to the mountain side

of the house to cut saplings,

and clear a view to snow

on the mountain

Saplings in snow

IMAGES

THEME

The them is “things seem more important than what they seem” I get this because as soon as the speaker sees the nest she does not cut the trees. And at the end it says “an unseen nest where a mountain should be” this shows that the speaker regrets cutting down all the other trees.

HYPERLINKS

http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/178872

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tess_Gallagherhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Poetic_devices