There Is No Word for Goodbye
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There Is No Word for Goodbye
Comparing Mood There Is No Word for Goodbye FPO Mary TallMountain Bluebells in Shakespeare’s Wood (2004), Timmy Mallett. Acrylic. © Timmy Mallett. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sokoya,1 I said, looking through the net of wrinkles into wise black pools of her eyes. b 13 14 15 b MOOD Reread lines 1–4. What feeling do you get from the way the speaker, or voice of the poem, describes her aunt? What do you say in Athabaskan when you leave each other? What is the word for goodbye? 2 16 17 18 19 20 21 9 10 11 12 A shade of feeling rippled the wind-tanned skin. Ah, nothing, she said, watching the river flash. c c MAKE INFERENCES What might the aunt be experiencing in lines 9–12? 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1. Sokoya (sE-koiPyE): word meaning “aunt on the mother’s side.” She looked at me close. We just say, Tlaa. That means, See you. We never leave each other. When does your mouth say goodbye to your heart? d d MAKE INFERENCES Reread lines 14–18. What does the aunt mean by the question she asks at the end of this section? She touched me light as a bluebell. You forget when you leave us, You’re so small then. We don’t use that word. We always think you’re coming back, but if you don’t, we’ll see you some place else. You understand. There is no word for goodbye. e e MOOD Reread the poem to find other places where the word goodbye appears. How does the repetition of goodbye affect the mood of the poem? 2. Athabaskan (BthQE-bBsPkEn): a language spoken by Native American tribes in parts of Canada, Alaska, Oregon, and California. 498 unit 4: mood, tone, and style there is no word for goodbye 499