Read the poem below. Use the Close Reading and the Hint to help you
answer the question.
Cart Lyrk Poem
The Heart of a Woman by Georgia Douglas Johnson
Case Reading
na conveys a
Yeeling
Underline at least two
d in each stanza
that help create those
The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn,
As a lone bird, soft winging, so restlessly on,
Alar o'er life's turrets and vales does it roam
In the wake of those echoes the heart calls home.
The heart of a woman falls back with the night,
And enters some alien cage in its plight,
And tries to forget it has dreamed of the stars
While it breaks, breaks, breaks on the sheltering bars.
Retend the first stenza
What message do the
pitst and second lines of
the start a suggest
Circle the correct answer.
Which of the following best describes a theme, or central message,
of the poem?
A. The heart of a woman is strong and can never be broken.
B The heart of a woman is restless and often feels trapped.
The heart of a woman is happy and free to dream of the stars.
The heart of a woman is dark and dreary like the night sky.
Look at the answer you chose above.What words in that answer choice helped you know that it
as the correct answer?