by Dan | Mar 7, 2020 | poetry
One good way of beginning to understand these great early nineteenth century British Romantics is to see them as rebelling against the Neo-classicism that preceded them–praise of reason, commonsense, public matters and issues, city life, the general, poetic...
by Dan | Feb 27, 2020 | poetry
Write 3150-word paragraphs analyzing one of her poems. On Virtue BY PHILLIS WHEATLEY O thou bright jewel in my aim I strive To comprehend thee. Thine own words declare Wisdom is higher than a fool can reach. I cease to wonder, and no more attempt Thine height...
by Dan | Feb 14, 2020 | poetry
Choose a poem you enjoy but perhaps do not completely “get.” Copy the poem on a sheet of paper, skipping three blank lines in between each line of the poem. That’s your scaffold. You will build your own poem in between the existing lines, the supports. Here’s an...
by Dan | Feb 10, 2020 | poetry
Discuss The Difference between Poetry and Rap and the Message it relays to the World Sample Solution
by Dan | Feb 10, 2020 | poetry
Inspired by Pindar’s style but praising an individual athlete (sorry, no teams!) from our contemporary world, write your own brief (ideally, 1–2 page, or 30–50 line) praise poem that includes several of the stylistic features discussed in class, including (but not...
by Dan | Jan 29, 2020 | poetry
In a 3-page essay put forth an interpretive argument about a short poem, or significant lines from a longer poem, in our course packet. You need to make a clear, argumentative interpretation about some aspect of the poem—with which a reader could disagree—and then...
