The following textbook pages:
- “Chapter 6: Writing about Poems” (p. 1289-1303) in Literature: A Portable Anthology
The following poems:
- “Sonnet 18” (p. 426) in Literature: A Portable Anthology
- “Sonnet 73” (p. 426) in Literature: A Portable Anthology
- “Tintern Abbey” (p. 448) in Literature: A Portable Anthology
- “Anabel Lee” (p. 464) in Literature: A Portable Anthology
- “I heard a Fly buzz…” (p. 492) in Literature: A Portable Anthology
- “Because I could not stop for Death” (p. 493) in Literature: A Portable Anthology
- “Jabberwocky” (p.495) in Literature: A Portable Anthology
- “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” (p. 505) in Literature: A Portable Anthology
- “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (p. 516) in Literature: A Portable Anthology
- “in Just-” (p. 523) in Literature: A Portable Anthology
- “Do not go gentle into that good night” (p. 540) in Literature: A Portable Anthology
- “My Papa’s Waltz” (p. 532) in Literature: A Portable Anthology
Choose three poems from the above assigned reading and answer the following questions for each poem.
- Identify a theme and choose two supporting examples from the work. Explain how they support the theme.
- Choose one other literary element and discuss how it’s used in the work.
- What does this work of literature have in common (other than genre) with another reading selection we’ve covered?