To be such a short and simple poem, “Drink Your Tea” gives the reader much to think about. To better understand how its author achieves so much in so little space, answer the following questions about the poem.
1. How many sentences are in the poem “Drink Your Tea”? What punctuation breaks up the sections of the poem?

2. What “commands” or directives are given in the poem?

3. What is the difference between the phrase “Live the actual moment,” which appears in the poem, and “Live IN the actual moment,” which is a commonly used phrase in conversation and on inspirational posters?

4. Which sentence in the poem could be viewed as a summary of the entire poem—an also as a statement of its central theme?

5. What choice is described in the poem?

1.  How many sentences are in the poem? What punctuation breaks up the sections of the poem?

There are 2 complete sentences in the poem. What breaks up the sections of the poem is the dash after the words “— slowly, evenly,”.

2.  What “commands” or directives are given in the poem?

The poem “commands” that a person drinks their tea, which is a metaphor that represents the need to live their life.

3. What is the difference between the phrase “Live the actual moment,” which appears in the poem, and “Live IN the actual moment,” which is a commonly used phrase in conversation and on inspirational posters?

“Live the actual moment,” refers to how one should live their actual life, rather than be disturbed by other things/live in a fantasy the entire time. “Live in the actual moment,” refers to how a person should live in the now. Rather than focusing on the past or the future, a person should live in this exact moment.

4. Which sentence in the poem could be viewed as a summary of the entire poem—an also as a statement of its central theme?

The last sentence, “Only this moment is life” can be viewed as a summary of the entire poem, and as a statement of its central theme. The central theme is that we should enjoy our lives and to not be consumed with worrying and planning for the future.

5. What choice is described in the poem?

The choice that is described in the poem is to forget about the worries of life and live your life. The poem describes the choice of living and forgetting everything else.

Explanation:

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