1. Why do you think the author chose to write his poems for two voices? Does this approach enhance the presentation of the poems? How?

2. What role does music play in these poems?

3. What is personification? Alliteration? How are they used by the author?

4. Point out examples of the use of humor in the collection.

5. What real characteristics of each insect are captured by the poems?

6. Which is your favorite insect of the fourteen? Why?