Today: Work on the homework for "The Blind Alley" together and then take the quiz for MLK #2

Questions for "The Blind Alley"
1. Based on your paraphrases, what can you infer about the speaker's relationship to "they" in the poem?
2. How does the fig. language in stanza 3 relate to the language in stanza 7?
3. What are the similarities between the speaker's relationship with "they" in "The Blind Alley" and African Americans' relationships with the "white power" structure" as expressed in par. 10-11 in "Letter form Birmingham Jail" ?
4. How does King's description of the "vicious mobs" and "hate-filled policemen" in paragraph 11 relate to Shamlu's descriptive language in this poem?
5. What connections can you draw between a central idea from "Letter From Birmingham Jail" and a central present in "The Blind Alley"?