Edwin Markham was the youngest of 10 children. His parents divorced when he was young and he moved in with his sister and mother, working on their farm from age 12. Despite his mother's objections, he pursued higher education, graduating from San Jose State Normal School in 1872 and studying classics the following year. Markham was interested in the lives of poor working people and even ran away from home briefly as a teenager.

1. EDWIN MARKHAM

2.  He was the youngest of 10 children.
 His parents divorced shortly after his
birth. At the age of four, he moved to
Lagoon Valley, an area northeast of
San Francisco; there, he lived with his
sister and mother.
 He worked on the family’s farm
beginning at twelve.
 Although his mother was opposed to
his pursuing higher education, he
studied literature

3.  Markham was especially interested in
the trials and tribulations of poor
working people.
 Markham even ran away from home
for a short period of time in 1867, and
he did not return until his mother
decided to help finance his studies.
 In 1872 he graduated from San Jose
State Normal School, and in 1873
finished his studies of classics at

5. Jean-François Millet o was a
French painter and one of the
founders of the Barbizon school
in rural France.
o He is noted for his scenes of
peasant farmers; he can be
categorized as part of the
naturalism and realism
movements.

6. About the poem has the
following characteristics:
 It has ten syllables in
each line.
 It is a free verse poem.
 Poetic devices are
used.

7. a) Alliteration (the repetition of
beginning consonant sounds):
"gazes on the ground"; " And on
his back the burden."
b) Anaphora (the repetition of a
word, phrase, or grammatical
structure): "Who made him dead
to rapture and despair... The poem
uses a number of common poetic
devices.

8.  Make an illustration based on two
perspectives. You can make use of
magazine cut outs to illustrate the
subject. Illustration A should be an
interpretation of how the persona of the
poem perceives him. Illustration B
should show how God intends him to
be. Use the 2nd column to cite lines
from the text to support your
illustration. Write on the 3rd column
your interpretation of the cited lines

9. OUTPUT NO.1
MAN WITH THE HOE
Illustratio
n
Citation Explanati
on
A POET
B. GOD