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1 Adventure
Bookmarks 4 At the end of a poem, the poet usually states their conclusion and
comments on the main point of the text. Reread stanzas 5 and 6
and make notes on:
a how the narrator feels in stanza 5 (why does he find the
My Activity journey hard?)
b what happens in stanza 6 to make the narrator set sail.
5 People read poems in different ways and have different responses
Media to them. Some readers might think that ‘Hard is the Journey’ ends
happily, because the narrator travels on. Others might think that
the ending of the poem shows that the narrator’s difficult journey
is never-ending. In groups, discuss what you think the ending of Key word
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