Creatures After You Read Questions
1. Describe your feelings about the creatures after reading the poem.
2. (a)How does the speaker describe the “creatures” in the furniture?
(b)Why do you think the speaker sees creatures in the furniture?
3. (a)How does the speaker react to the stone his companion finds on the beach?
(b)Why do you think the speaker reacts in this way?
4. Does the speaker’s reaction to the stone seem rational? Explain and support your answer.
5. How does Collins help you to identify with the experience described in the poem?
6. (a)Why do you think the speaker directly addresses his companion in the fifth stanza?
(b)Is this technique effective? Explain.
7. The everyday is usually considered non-threatening. In what ways has Collins made the everyday threatening? Explain.
8. Collins’s poems are known for their playful, conversational style. Where can you identify that style in “Creatures”?