Dissertativa 18 - Português e Inglês - IME 2006

Leia os poemas seguintes e assinale com um (X) no CADERNO DE SOLUÇÕES a única resposta correta para cada uma das perguntas a seguir.

How to Eat a Poem

Don’t be polite.

Bite in.

Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that

       may run down your chin.

It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are.

 

You do not need a knife or fork or spoon

or plate or napkin or tablecloth.

 

For there is no core

or stem

or rind

or pit

or seed

or skin

to throw away.

 

                    Eve Merriam

Unfolding Bud

 

One is amazed

By a water-lily bud

Unfolding

With each passing day,

Taking on a richer color

And new dimensions.

 

One is nor amazed,

At a first glance,

By a poem,

Which is as tight-closed as a tiny bud.

 

Yet one is surprised

To see the poem

Gradually unfolding,

Revealing its rich inner self,

As one reads it

Again

And over again.

 

Naoshi Koriyama

 

4.1.  Eve Merriam, the author of “How to Eat a Poem”, compares the process of reading a poem to…

A. (   )  eating a slice of bread.

B. (   )  eating a fruit.

C. (   )  having a glass of juice.

D. (   )  using a napkin to clean your chin after having a meal.

 

4.2.  Naoshi Koriyama, the author of “Unfolding Bud”, compares poetry to…

A. (   )  the inner self of the reader.

B. (   )  the passing days.

C. (   )  nuances of colors.

D. (   )  a flower ready to blossom.

 

4.3.  What does the author of “How to Eat a Poem” mean with “Don’t be polite”?

A. (   )  Poems are to be read to teach etiquette and how to behave in society.

B. (   )  Poems are to be read at lunchtime when the table is set.

C. (   )  Poems are to be read with passion and hunger of feelings.

D. (   )  Poems are to be read when you are angry.

 

4.4.  What does Eve Merriam mean by “For there is no core / or stem / or rind / or pit / or seed / or skin / to throw away”?

A. (   )  A poem is to be taken as a whole, nothing should be left unexplored.

B. (   )  A poem is not to be read while you are having a meal.

C. (   )  A poem is like a liquid to be drunk, so a knife or fork or spoon or plate are useless.

D. (   )  A poem does without human interference.

 

4.5.  According to Koriyama, in “Unfolding Bud”, which of these sentences is NOT correct?

A. (   )  At first, a water lily-bud is more interesting then a poem.

B. (   )  Similarities between a lily bud and a poem come after some while, when the reader starts making sense of the poem.

C. (   )  A poem is too closed a text to be understood at a first glance.

D. (   )  Poems are not interesting because they are too difficult to understand.