Sagot :
Answer:
True
Explanation:
1. Learning Competency Analyze literature as means of connecting to the world2. Topic 1 By: Edward Field3. My happiness depends on an electric appliance And I do not mind giving it so much credit With life in this city being what it is Each person separated from friends By a tangle of subways and buses Yes my telephone is my joy It tells me that I am in the world and wanted It rings and I am alerted to love or gossip I go comb my hair which begins to sparkle Without it I was like a bear in a cave4. Drowsing through a shadowy winter It rings and springs has come I stretch and amble out into the sunshine Hungry again as I pick up the receiver For the human voice and the good news of friends5. VOCABULARY 1.Amble- slow walk 2.Drowsing- sleeping 3.Credit- appreciation6. About the Author EDWARD FIELD - Was born on June 7, 1924 in Brooklyn New York - An American writer and poet - Received a Lamont Poetry Prize7. The Telephone The poem is a commentary on the invention of telephone. It is taken from “Counting Myself Lucky”, a compilation of Field’s poem. The theme is self-identity or happiness The narrator explains how the telephone made him feel connected to others, how it give him pleasure to share gossips.8. The predominant feeling of the speaker in the poem is serious in his declaration that telephone is the source of his happiness. According to the speaker, friends are disconnected because of distance. The speaker justifies his joy of having a telephone by stating his reasons such as it makes him feel connected to the world, and it gives him pleasure.9. The speaker compare man’s situation before the advent of the telephone to a bear. People nowadays value telephone or cellphones. The literary device used is simile. (man’s situation to a bear) The speaker is hunger for love and gossip.