Saturday, November 14, 2009

WRAPPING UP POETRY

1, The deadline for Poetry Explications has been extended to Thursday, November 19,2009. There are no exceptions to this. Please bring A PRINTED version to class.

2, Tuesday's poems listed at left and in your book:
-"Do Not Go Gently Into That Good NIght", Dylan Thomas pg 867
-"Love Calls Us To The Things of this World," Richard Wilbur, pg 739
-"Spring and All," William Carlos Williams, pg 1183
- (One other that will be linked at left

3, By POPULAR request, I will give the essay assignment for Hamlet on Tuesday. We should begin our Drama portion of the course on Thursday

AS ALWAYS, PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT TO MEET WITH ME ABOUT YOUR ESSAYS OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE

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UPCOMING POEMS - WHO IS PRESENTING WHAT AND WHEN?

Everyone is responsible for finding and reading each of these poems and making jounal entries for each one--reactions, good or bad, strong or indifferent, but say more. Come to class with questions for your peers.

October, 22, 2009
1, Walt Whitman, "Continuities" - Amanda Roberts
2, Walt Whitman, "Pioneers! Pioneers!" -- Tim Cayet
3, Edgar Allen POe, "The Tell Tale Heart" -Paula Mull
4, Edgar Allen Poe, "A Dream within a Dream" -- Emily Drexler

October 27, 2009
1, Frost, "Fire and Ice," --Andrew Walkley
2, Frost, "The Road Not Taken," -- Brian Knack
3, EMily Dickinson, "Tell all the Truth..." Alex Marshall
4, Sir Walter Raleigh, "Life" -- Justin Falk
5, Percy Shelley, "Ozymandias" Chase Jones

October 29, 2009
1, Pablo Neruda, Sidney Edwards (poem to come)
2, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "How do I love thee?" Courtney Mathis
3, Robert Browning, "Pophyria's Lover" -- Morgan Mann
4, Maya Angelou, "Touched by an Angel," --Clara Penn

November 3, 2009
1, Allen Ginsberg, "A Supermarket in California" Jo Hoyle
2, Ginsberg, "Howl" - Summer Irvin
3, Sylvia Plath, "Daddy," Whitney Hall
4, Nikki Giovanni, "Ego tripping" -- Gina Thomas

November 5, 2009
1, Francisco HErnandez, "Bajo Cero" - Bianca Balderman
2, The Beatles, "Happiness is a warm gun," --Ali Edge
3, ALter Start, "New Start," --Seth HOlloway
4, Elliot Smith, "Farwell," ?