Man with the Hoe

1. What is a summary of the poem "The
Man with a Hoe" by Edwin Markham?

2. What is the image of "The Man
with the Hoe"?

3. How does the poet describe
"The Man with the Hoe"?

4. To whom is the poem "The
Man with the Hoe" addressed?

5. Who is the modern man in
"The Man with the Hoe"?

6. What is the meaning of the second
stanza in "The Man with the Hoe?"

7. What two classes of people
are mentioned in the poem?

8. Explain the meaning of the expression "a
brother to the ox" in "The Man with the
Hoe."

9. What is meant by the quotation "what to
him / Are Plato and the swing of Pleiades?"
in "The Man with a Hoe" by Edwin Markham?

10. Who is responsible for the condition
or state of the man with the hoe?

11. As a child of the "future," how would you respond to
the question "How will the Future reckon with this Man"
as posed by the speaker in "The Man with the Hoe"?

12. Who are the characters in the poem "The
Man with the Hoe" by Edwin Markham?

13. What does the bent body of the
man with the hoe signify?

14. How does the society treat people
like the man with the hoe?

15. What is the meaning of the last
stanza in "The Man with the Hoe"?

16. What is the message of the
first stanza?

17. According to the speaker in "The Man With
the Hoe," what is God's plan for man?

18. What is the meaning of the phrase
"monstrous thing distorted and soul-
quenched" from "The Man with the Hoe"?

19. In "The Man with the Hoe," whose breath
blew out the light within his brain?

20. What class of people does the
man represent?

21. Analyze God’s plan, the causes of the man’s
misery, and the condition of the poor in “The
Man with the Hoe.”

22. In "The Man with the Hoe," what is the
meaning of a thing that grieves not and that
never hopes?

23. Who takes away the spirit of the man's
life in "The Man With the Hoe"?

24. What is the meaning of the third
stanza of "The Man with the Hoe"?

25. What questions about the man does
the speaker raise?

26. What inspired the poet to write the
poem "The man with the hoe''?

27. Before the poem begins, explain the
quotation from the Bible that was
included by the poet?

28. Before the poem begins, explain the
quotation from the Bible that was
included by the poet?