11060For this discussion, please read “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” “Musee des Beaux Arts,” “The Flea,” “Still-Life,” and “Ode to a Grecian Urn.” Respond to one of the following sets of questions. Refer to specific passages from the poems in your response. Read John Donne’s poem “The Flea” out loud. In this poem, the speaker […]

11059For this discussion, please read “The Tyger,” “The Windhover,” “in Just—,” and “Daddy.” Respond to one of the following sets of questions. Refer to specific passages from the poems in your response. Read Plath’s “Daddy” aloud. What words and sounds stand out and try to describe their effect? What is the effect of words that […]

11058We will be using the journal throughout the course to reflect on our learning. In addition to the following required entries, you’re welcome to submit optional open-topic entries. Feel free to copy and paste the prompt you’re addressing at the top of your journal entry. Entry 3 (Week Two) The speaker in Billy Collins’ poem […]

11057For this discussion, please read “Pied Beauty,” “Dover Beach,” “Death be not proud,” “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning,” “The White House,” and “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers.” Respond to one of the following sets of questions. Refer to specific passages from the stories in your response. Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “Pied Beauty” is full of striking imagery, delivered in […]

11056To participate in this discussion, please read the following poems: “My Life had stood—A Loaded Gun,” “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s day?” “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun,” “Divorce,” “Sex Without Love,” and “Harlem.” Respond to one of the following sets of questions. Refer to specific passages from the stories in […]

11055For this discussion, please read the following poems: “Dover Beach,” “Daystar,” “Those Winter Sundays,” “Harlem Dancer,” and “Second Coming.” Respond to one of the following sets of questions. Refer to specific passages from the stories in your response. What senses does the imagery in Claude McKay’s “Harlem Dancer” appeal to, and in what broader categories […]

11052Please Review, edit, and add additional information as needed to the Attached rough draft. Please look at the instructors comments and corrections. I have attached the essay instructions in case they are needed. Write an essay of 750-1000 words (except in the case of the Creative Adaptation assignment) in response to one of the topics […]

11051For this discussion, please read the following poems: “Batter my heart, three-personed God,” “London,” “My Papa’s Waltz,” “The Word Plum,” and “I, Too.” Respond to one of the following sets of questions. Refer to specific passages from the stories in your response. In his poem “Batter my heart, three-personed God,” what sort of relationship with […]

11050To prepare you to participate in this discussion, read the following poems: “To His Coy Mistress,” “The Chimney Sweeper,” “Dulce et Decorum Est,” “My Last Duchess,” and “Barbie Doll.” Respond to one of the following sets of questions. Refer to specific passages from the stories in your response. Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” is […]

11048In preparation for this discussion, please read “Responding to Poetry” (746-753) and the following poems: “Richard Cory,” “Those Winter Sundays,” “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica,” “Poem,” “We Real Cool,” and “Exchanging Hats.” In this thread, we’re going to be discussing how formal elements are significant to the meaning or effects of poems. To participate […]