“I Am Offering This Poem” For questions 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a, and 5a, refer to evidence from the text. For questions 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b, and 5b, reason with the text. 1a. List the objects to which the poem is likened.

1b. Conclude which emotions or items that can’t be held or touched the poem represents.
2a. Identify a quotation from the poem that explains when life becomes a wilderness.
2b. Apply what you know about Baca’s background to speculate on what inspired him to write this poem.
3a. Recall what the speaker will do if the recipient of the poem “come[s] knocking.”
3b. Infer what feelings and ideas the speaker wants the recipient of the poem to have.
4a. How should the recipient keep the poem?
4b. Judge whether or not love is “all anyone needs to live.” Explain your answer.
5a. Summarize the last stanza of the poem.
5b. Propose whether the speaker has actually experienced the difficult times mentioned in the poem. Use evidence from the poem to support your answer.
Analyze Literature: Imagery
Reread the poem and make a list of the images. To which sense or senses does each image appeal? Describe what the poem would be like if it did not use imagery. How does the use of imagery impact your understanding of the poem?