Description Emily Dickinson poems 336, 320,201,340, and 360 the question is: What is the situation of the speaker? What does the speaker do? What emotions does the speaker feel? Is there conflict (societal, inner) in the poem? Write a page about the speaker. 7. If you were designing a tee-shirt or mug, what words (from […]
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Explain Is the Raven in Edgar Allan’s Poe’s, “The Raven,” real or imaginary?
Description Respond to Edgar Allan Poe’s, “The Raven,” by answering the following writing prompt in an argumentative essay Prompt: For this essay, you will craft a 3-paragraph response that answers the following question: Is the Raven in Edgar Allan’s Poe’s, “The Raven,” real or imaginary? Use evidence from the poem and your own thinking to […]
How do various elements of the poem work together to create the poem’s meaning? How does the poem’s theme relate to war? By “elements of the poem,”
Description Explicate the poem. How do various elements of the poem work together to create the poem’s meaning? How does the poem’s theme relate to war? By “elements of the poem,”
Discuss What is the poem’s argument? How does the poem’s form help to construct its argument? What poetic strategies or devices are used in the poem?
What is the poem’s argument? How does the poem’s form help to construct its argument? What poetic strategies or devices are used in the poem? Some information about Wroth and other texts by her are available in your Norton Anthology (pp. 1110-1121), but you do not have to make use of these. 21. When last […]
Read “on Broadway ” by claude McKay and chapter 3-5 Brave New World compare and/or contract this poem with Benard’s isolation and desire for solitude
Read “on Broadway ” by claude McKay and chapter 3-5 Brave New World compare and/or contract this poem with Benard’s isolation and desire for solitude
Explain What is the short poem, “Moonlit Night” (1031) about? Who do you think “she” is in the poem? What is the general atmosphere and feeling of this poem? What in the poem contributes to these feelings?
1. What is the short poem, “Moonlit Night” (1031) about? Who do you think “she” is in the poem? What is the general atmosphere and feeling of this poem? What in the poem contributes to these feelings? 2. Like Tao Qian, Du Fu also mentions is “ Thatched Roof” (1032). What is the difference in […]
Examine one pair of companion poems from Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience (for example, the two “The Chimney Sweeper” poems). Analyze each poem and compare and contrast them in order to point out the difference between “innocence” and “experience
Topic: Examine one pair of companion poems from Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience (for example, the two “The Chimney Sweeper” poems). Analyze each poem and compare and contrast them in order to point out the difference between “innocence” and “experience Paper details: finished paper should be at least 3-4 pages long and should contain […]
Write at least three (3) college leveled paragraphs expounding on key words mentioned in the poem such as solitude, depth, compromise, and others. Make sure your journal response relates and connects to the poem. You are to make interpretations and support your interpretations by using direct quotes from the poem.
Paper details: Writing Journal #2 – “In the Depths of Solitude” by Tupac Shakur You have to click the link above to access the dropbox. After reading the attached poem, write at least three (3) college leveled paragraphs expounding on key words mentioned in the poem such as solitude, depth, compromise, and others. Make sure […]
Develop an interpretive thesis that explicates Shakespeare’s development of a theme in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Develop an interpretive thesis that explicates Shakespeare’s development of a theme in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Your essay should offer an engagement with some of the formal features we’ve discussed as you analyse your play or poem (for example, plot, characterization, diction (word choice), verse form, alliteration/assonance, figurative language (metaphor, simile, imagery), rhetorical figures, etc.), […]
Choose a text (i.e., a poem, a song, an advertisement, etc., and preferably one not discussed in class) and specifically explain how it may be treated as a poem.
the task the prof gave us: Choose a text (i.e., a poem, a song, an advertisement, etc., and preferably one not discussed in class) and specifically explain how it may be treated as a poem. Although you will likely need to provide a brief analysis of the text and explain “what the poem means”, the […]
