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Question

Read the following and answer the questions that follow.

                  “Wanting to Move” by Vijaya Mukhopadhyay

“Continually, a bell rings in my heart.

I was supposed to go somewhere, to some other place,

Tense from the long wait

Where do you go, will you take me

“With you, on your horses, down the river, with the flames of your torches?”

They burst out laughing.

“A tree wanting to move from place to place?”

Startled, I look at myself –

A tree, wanting to move from place to place, a tree

Wanting to move? Am I then –

Born here, to die here

Even die here?

Who rings the bell, then, inside my heart?

Who tells me to go, inside my heart?

Who agitates me, continually, inside my heart?

1.In “Wanting to Move,” what does the idea of being a tree mean to the speaker? RL.6.6

1. It suggests healthy growth and development.
2. It means being stuck and unable to change.
3. It suggests a sense of beauty and truth.
4. It means being solid and supporting one’s self.

2. Which excerpt from the poem “Wanting to Move” suggests that the speaker wants a better life. RL.6.1

a. “Who rings the bell, then, inside my heart?”

b. “With you on your horses, down the river, with the flame of your torches?”

c. “They burst out laughing.”

d. “I was supposed to go somewhere, to some other place. “

3. In the poem wanting to move, how does the bell fit into the overall meaning of the poem? RL.6.6

1. It represents a cry to overcome the obstacles the speaker is facing in order to have a better life.
2. It represents the sound of a broken heart. 
3. It represents the sound of people laughing and making fun of the speaker of the poem.
4. It represents the sound of the speaker’s beating heart.

4. Read this sentence from the passage:

Am I then –

Born here, to die here?

What tone is suggested by the language in this sentence? RL.6.4

1. Sarcastic and amused
2. Frustrated yet satisfied
3. Untroubled and fulfilled
4. Gloomy and sad

5. Based on your answer to question 4, explain your answer.

6. Read lines 4-7 of the poem, Wanting to Move.

Where do you go, will you take me

“With you, on your horses, down the river, with the flames of your torches?”

They burst out laughing.

“A tree wanting to move from place to place?”

What best explains the inference that can be made from the rider’s response of laughter?

1. The laughter is a result of nervousness created by the carrying of torches.
2. The laughter is a result of the tree assuming it could actually move.
3. The laughter is the result of a tree that can talk.
4. The laughter is the result of a joke made by the tree.

7. Explain the conflict identified in the poem. Provide text evidence to support your answer. 

8. The passage “Wanting to Move” expresses ideas about wanting more for your own life. Explain how this is supported in the poem. Provide a piece of text evidence to support your answer. RL.6.1 

Answer 1

Read the poem all the way through, then, for each question, go back to the poem for evidence.

Question 1) The speaker is the person narrating the poem. Find the point in the poem when the speaker is talking about being a tree, and ask how the narrator seems to feel in response. Other people are comparing the speaker to a tree and pointing out that trees cannot move, but, as the title and body of the poem expresses, the speaker wants to move.

Question 2) You will find the answer by finding the choice that expresses what the speaker wants. The speaker wants a better life and hopes to get a better life by going somewhere else. Select the answer choice that reflects this.

Question 3) The bell is a metaphor. What is it a metaphor for? Notice how the bell is used in the poem. The speaker says the bell "agitates me, continually, in my heart." Pick the answer choice that fits best with something that agitates the speaker.

Question 4) The tone is the emotion expressed in something you read. Imagine the author speaking the line out loud, and pick the answer choice that is the voice you would expect the author to speak it in, considering the rest of the poem.

Question 5) Explain your answer to Question 4. Provide evidence from elsewhere in the poem of why you knew those particular emotions are behind that line.

Question 6) Why are the riders laughing? They laugh before saying "A tree, wanting to move from place to place?" The reader can infer that they think this is absurd and are mocking the speaker.

Question 7) This question is asking you to explain what the speaker wants and what is keeping the speaker from having what they want.

Question 8) Pick a line from the poem that reflects the speaker wanting more from their own life, and explain in your own words how that line is an example of wanting more from one's own life.