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Part I (Pages 1 - 24)

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Atwood, Margaret. Dearly. HarperCollins, New York, 2021.

• This book of poems was written in a mix of tenses and from a mix of points of view, with each one noted at the beginning of the poem's individual summary.

• In Part I., the first poem is titled "Late Poems" and is written from the third person point of view and in the present tense.

• The speaker notes that these poems are "late poems," meaning they are arriving after a critical moment in time.

• The poems are late "like a letter sent by a sailor/that arrives after he's drowned" (3).

• It is "still too late for dancing," but the speaker implores the reader to turn up the light and to sing on, striking a hopeful tone.

• The next poem, "Ghost Cat," is written in...

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