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Comparing Text and Film
wrath: anger
Beyond this place of wrath and tears 10 Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
my Notes It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
15 I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
Second read
• Reread the poem to answer these text-dependent questions.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
1. Key Ideas and Details: How does each stanza set up a contrast?
2. Key Ideas and Details: What central idea or theme does the speaker develop by referring to his soul in stanzas 1 and 4?
Working from the Text
3. Work with your group to write a one-sentence summary of each stanza in the margins. Identify and discuss the theme of the poem.
4. Discuss: Based on what you have read about Nelson Mandela’s personal history, why might this poem have been important to him? What connections can you make between his life and the ideas in the poem?
Setting a Purpose for reading
• As you read the nonfiction text, underline words and phrases that identify the emotions experienced by Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar.
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
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