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The War Works HardBy Dunya Mikhail2005Born and raised in Iraq, Dunya Mikhail (1965—) has writtenmuch about the wars she lived through in her home country.As a journalist and poet in Baghdad, her writing wasconsidered “subversive” by former dictator Saddam Hussein.In 1996, she was forced to flee the country after facingthreats and harassment from the government. As you read,take note of the imagery and tone of the poem.Annotation Instructions:1.Conduct a second read of the poem, annotating for words that convey thespeaker’stone in BLUE2.Highlight any words youdo not understand or know in YELLOWa.Define the words off to the side using context clues!!3.Green-Structural elements that create mystery, tension, or surprise4.Pink- Portions of the text that convey cultural experienceThe War Works HardBy Dunya Mikhail2005ToneWords/PhraseAuthorsTone1How magnificent the war is!How eager and efficient!Early in the morning
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Saddam Hussein, 2003 invasion of Iraq, Dunya Mikhail

Unformatted text preview: it wakes up the sirens 5 and dispatches ambulances to various places swings corpses through the air rolls stretchers to the wounded summons rain from the eyes of mothers.10 It produces the most questions in the minds of children and urges families to emigrate. The war continues working, day and night. It inspires tyrants 15 to deliver long speeches awards medals to generals and themes to poets. It contributes to the industry of artificial limbs 20provides food for flies adds pages to the history books achieves equality between killer and killed teaches lovers to write letters 25 accustoms young women to waiting fills the newspapers with articles and picturesbuilds new houses for the orphans 30 invigorates the coffin makers gives grave diggers a pat on the back and paints a smile on the leader’s face. It works with unparalleled diligence!35 Yet no one gives it a word of praise....
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