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Describe the structure of the poem, and explain how this structure supports the development of the theme. Cite evidence from the poem in your response.

BURNING A BOOK:

by William Stafford:

Protecting each other, right in the center

a few pages glow a long time.

The cover goes first, then outer leaves

curling away, then spine and a scattering.

Truth, brittle and faint, burns easily,

its fire as hot as the fire lies make—

flame doesn’t care. You can usually find

a few charred words in the ashes.

And some books ought to burn, trying for character

but just faking it. More disturbing

than book ashes are whole libraries that no one

got around to writing—desolate

towns, miles of unthought in cities,

and the terrorized countryside where wild dogs

own anything that moves. If a book

isn’t written, no one needs to burn it—

ignorance can dance in the absence of fire.

So I’ve burned books. And there are many

I haven’t even written, and nobody has.

the opening lines, with their statement that "right in the center, a few pages glow a long time," suggests that the very core of any truth will be the last to disappear, no matter what is done to it. While a story can be manipulated and censored, its core tenets will "protect each other," glowing in the embers for a long time before they are finally forgotten. Even when the fire has completely burned out, some element of most stories will remain--"you can usually find a few charred words in the ashes."  Ultimately, what Stafford's poem indicates is that the truths that are really worth knowing do not need to be written down: likewise, many lies, both written and unwritten, flourish. Meanwhile, there are libraries' worth of truths that have not only never been committed to paper, but have gone "unthought." I like to first try and determine the tone of the poet. This poem has a fairly dark tone, amplified by words like "fire," "charred," and "faking." It feels like a poem of warning, because it first gives a situation—burning books and then broadens the negative feeling to include not just burnt books but also unwritten words.  Stafford is trying to encourage his readers to gain a new perspective. He wants readers to consider unthought and unwritten ideas as a form of censorship.  To accomplish this, he first gets our attention. The poem starts with a vivid image of a burning book. There are specific details to help us visualize the burning book, and the image is meant to get our attention and elicit an emotional response.  However, in the second stanza he turns this image around and takes it in a direction we could not have predicted. He starts by making a sharp turn with "some books ought to burn," which immediately makes us stop and think for a minute

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