Objectives:
Tasks:
- Read and discuss the chapter introduction as a class.
- Read, analyze, and discuss "Had I the Choice" by Whitman and "The Aim Was Song" by Frost.
- Read, analyze, and discuss "Old Ladies' Home" by Plath.
- Complete Rhythm & Meter application exercise.
Assignments:
Thursday - Answer questions 1-3 on page 873 in response to "The Aim Was Song" by Frost.
Friday - Complete the Rhythm and Meter application exercise.
- Differentiate terms used in poetry interpretation, including stanzas, meter, feet, caesura, end-stopped (enjambment), free verse, prose poem, and scansion
- Explain and illustrate how the rhythms of a poem can reinforce emotional or intellectual meanings
Tasks:
- Read and discuss the chapter introduction as a class.
- Read, analyze, and discuss "Had I the Choice" by Whitman and "The Aim Was Song" by Frost.
- Read, analyze, and discuss "Old Ladies' Home" by Plath.
- Complete Rhythm & Meter application exercise.
Assignments:
Thursday - Answer questions 1-3 on page 873 in response to "The Aim Was Song" by Frost.
Friday - Complete the Rhythm and Meter application exercise.