Objectives:
Tasks:
- Read "What is Poetry?" on pages 657-664 in your Perrine's text.
- HW: Read the document entitled "Reading Poetry" for helpful hints on how to attack a poem. We will discuss this in class next time.
Response:
- Poetry can be difficult to define. Taking into consideration the ideas presented in the text, create your own definition of poetry. Share this definition as a comment to this post.
- Define poetry, explaining the distinctions between poetry and other imaginative literature
- Differentiate between ordinary language and poetic language
Tasks:
- Read "What is Poetry?" on pages 657-664 in your Perrine's text.
- HW: Read the document entitled "Reading Poetry" for helpful hints on how to attack a poem. We will discuss this in class next time.
Response:
- Poetry can be difficult to define. Taking into consideration the ideas presented in the text, create your own definition of poetry. Share this definition as a comment to this post.