Directions: Choose one of the following poems and discuss the way in which its meter and rhyme pattern complements its theme. PLEASE NOTE: You may discuss the meaning and content of the poem, of course, but I'm not asking for a summary of the poem. Please keep your focus on the effect of the meter and rhyme.
Please answer the question as thoughtfully as possible, after reading the lecture and the assigned chapters. Then post your answer to the English 102 Message Board by the deadline. This question is due no later than Thursday, Mar. 22.
Your responses to other students' answers are due by midnight on Saturday, Mar. 24.In order to get the full 20 points, you MUST respond thoughtfully to at least 3 or 4 other people's postings.
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Remember: This discussion question is worth a possible 20 points. Late answers will receive 0 points. Points will be assigned according to the thoughtfulness of your answer, not by whether it is "right" or not, since sometimes there is no "right" answer. Just be sure your ideas are supported by the material in the poem (see Lecture 1).
- Brooks, "Sadie and Maud," 573
- Rich, "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers," 579
- Auden, "As I Walked Out One Evening," 586
- Francis, "Pitcher"
- Shakespeare, "My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun," 540
- Roethke, "The Waking," 605
- Rios, "Nani," 602
- Parker, "General Review of the Sex Situation," 660
- Yeats, "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"
- Arnold, "Dover Beach," 677