The Clown’s Wife – Paper 01
#1. Who is the speaker in the poem?
#2. What is the main theme of the poem?
#3. How does the clown behave at home?
#4. What does the clown’s wife do to cheer him up?
#5. What literary device is most prominent in the poem?
#6. Why does the clown’s wife say the clown is “real funny”?
#7. What does the poem suggest about performers?
#8. What mood does the poet create in the poem?
#9. How does the poet show the clown’s real emotions?
#10. What is the main contrast in the poem?
#11. What does the wife mean when she says, “it’s the only way I can make him laugh”?
#12. What is the effect of using simple, everyday language in the poem?
#13. What does the poem reveal about the nature of entertainment?
#14. What feeling does the clown’s wife express about her husband’s job?
#15. What message does the poem convey about appearances?
#16. How does the poem structure support its theme?
#17. What does the wife’s role in the poem suggest?
#18. What is ironic about the clown’s character in the poem?
#19. What does the tea symbolize in the poem?
#20. What does the poet make the reader realize by the end of the poem?
