“The Streets” by Rick Barot

write an analysis of the work in which you discuss not just what you feel the poem is about, but also which poetic devices the poet used and to what end. Make sure to go into as much detail as possible about what types of devices are used and how. An analysis is not a...

The central, main “thrust” or “claim”

          Locate the central, main “thrust” or “claim” of one of the poems or stories from our course reader and then to proceed to analyze how this message is developed. This means underlining and emphasizing those key moments in the piece...

setting and situation

Write a 500-word essay on the ways in which setting and situation elements work to develop and reinforce the theme of the poem.    

Form

  Write a 500-word essay on the ways in which form elements work to develop and reinforce the theme of the poem.

rhythm and meter

    Write a 500-word essay on the ways in which rhythm and meter elements work to develop and reinforce the theme of the poem.    

Kwock-Kim’s poem

            The “generation” in question in Kwock-Kim’s poem doesn’t seem to be a matter of a historical or biological time-frame–what might the author be referring to here? Why might this piece be broken...