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Analytical Claims about "The Happiest Day"

In your groups, decide if you think the claim is supported by the lines in the poem. Find evidence to support or reject each claim and be prepared to defend your opinions.

1. The speaker is a mother and wife.
2. The speaker has a contentious relationship with her parents.
3. The speaker's parents have died.
4. The speaker is talking to her husband.
5. The speaker's children died.
6. The speaker gets divorced.
7. The speaker is looking at an old photograph.
8. The speaker has regrets.
9. Terrible things were happening in the world at the time of the poem.
10. The speaker was happy in the past.

How would the speaker of this poem answer the question: What is a good life?



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Final answer:

The speaker's identity and experiences are not explicitly defined in the poem, leaving several claims unsupported. However, reflections on past happiness and regrets suggest a connection to the concept of a good life.


Explanation:

The speaker of the poem is not explicitly stated to be a mother or a wife, so this claim cannot be confirmed solely based on the poem's lines.

There is no evidence suggesting a contentious relationship with the speaker's parents, nor that they have passed away, divorced, or lost their children in the poem.

The poem does not mention the speaker talking to a husband or looking at an old photograph explicitly.

While the speaker expresses some regrets in the poem, it does not indicate any terrible events happening in the world at that time.

The speaker reminisces about being happy in the past, hinting at their view of a good life being tied to past happiness.


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