Read the title and consider its meaning.
Read the poem through, slowly in your
head.
Read the poem and answer the Ws; establish Who is speaking,
What the subject is and What is going on, Where/When lif
important) the poem is set and What is the tone/mood is.
Ask yourself: What might the poet have wanted the
reader to think about whilst reading their poem?
The poet may have wanted us to think about...
Re-read the poem CLOSELY and highlight & annotate HOW the
subject, themes, narrative etc is coming through - ask yourself
WHY particular words, phrases and poetic techniques have
been used.
FEELINGS Establish what your personal response to
the poem is - how does it make you feel?

the primary theme of ha jin's “a decade” would be the need to revisit one's past to determine a path for the future. “a decade” is one of the twelve brief stories of ha jin's under the red flag, which takes place during the cultural revolution of china.

jessica, a teenage girl who just wants popularity, does everything to get attention. she puts her hair in a bun and steals her mom's lipstick and such. but then she takes something and it makes her inside and outside appearance  go bad.

i just came up with that in less than 60 seconds, but tweak it up if you like it.

explanation:

you didn't give a theme but i did a question like this a while ago so i hope this is what you were looking for.

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