The Language of Poetry - LanguageArts-NHS
The Language of Poetry - LanguageArts-NHS
The Language of Poetry - LanguageArts-NHS
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<strong>The</strong><br />
Sloth<br />
<strong>The</strong>odore Roethke<br />
5<br />
10<br />
o<br />
In moving-slow he has no Peer. 1<br />
You ask him something in his Ear,<br />
He thinks about it for a Year;<br />
And, then, before he says a Word<br />
<strong>The</strong>re, upside down (unlike a Bird),<br />
He will assume that you have Heard—<br />
A most Ex-as-per-at-ing Lug.<br />
But should you call his manner Smug,<br />
He’ll sigh and give his Branch a Hug; f<br />
<strong>The</strong>n <strong>of</strong>f again to Sleep he goes,<br />
Still swaying gently by his Toes,<br />
And you just know he knows he knows.<br />
1. peer: equal.<br />
718 unit 7: the language <strong>of</strong> poetry<br />
f IMAGERY<br />
Reread line 9. What does<br />
this image suggest about<br />
the sloth?
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