by Dan | Aug 20, 2020 | poetry
Maus is not just the story of one family’s tragedy during the Holocaust. It is also Art Spiegelman’s memoir, his dealings with his father. While it is very clear that this graphic novel is autobiographical, even fiction writers put their own lives into their texts in...
by Admin | Jul 23, 2020 | poetry
“Haiku” is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. This assignment will use the strict definition of a haiku which means it should have three lines with a total of 17 syllables written in a 5-7-5 format as below: The first line consists of five syllablesThe...
by Admin | Jul 20, 2020 | poetry
Read Longfellow’s poem, “My Lost Youth” (linked below) and the three assigned sections from Whitman’s “Song of Myself,” #s 34, 35, and 36 (pp1116-1119).What is interesting about the ways that Longfellow and Whitman incorporate history into these poems? Aside from the...
by Admin | Jul 11, 2020 | poetry
At least 800 words Poetry essay; Choose two authors and two poems, analyze one literary feature. Compare and contrast. Sample Solution
by Admin | Jun 18, 2020 | poetry
Consider the poems assigned for this lesson and choose one that you are interested in or intrigued by. Find at least two images and/or symbols within the poem. Write a 200-300 word one-paragraph analysis of the poem’s use of imagery and/or symbolism. Your...
by Dan | Mar 9, 2020 | poetry
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Robert Frost) (1874-1963) Frost, Robert. ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Perrine’s Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense. 13th ed., edited by Greg Johnson and Thomas R. Arp, Cengage, 2018, p. 852....
