December 7, 2020
Early and High Tang poetry set a premium on unity. There should be the formal unity of both the parallel couplet and regulated verse […]
December 13, 2020
An analysis of language and meaning in poetry and prose: Choose 2-3 literary pieces that you believe speak to or inform each other when examined […]
December 16, 2020
i.Why did T.S. Eliot claim that Ezra Pound’s translations heralded ‘the invention of Chinese poetry in our time’, and what does this say about […]
January 18, 2021
In Wk 1, we discussed elements of literature and the art of active, responsive reading. Now, let’s take a closer look at poetic devices. […]
January 20, 2021
Source Material: “ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47559/mother-to-son In the poem, “Mother to Son,” by the esteemed Langston Hughes, Hughes uses rich imagery and symbolism to portray a mother’s […]
January 20, 2021
Find and analyze two poems about school shootings in the U.S. Include little background on the poets and then analyze (in direct quotes/literary anaylsis techniques) […]
February 7, 2021
Choose one of the Inaugural Poems https://poets.org/inaugural-poems-history from the provided link. Analyze the poem. What is the theme of the poem? What the message […]
February 8, 2021
Read “A Fig for Thee Oh! Death.” Using the Youtube video of the annotation of John Donne’s poem as a guide, annotate Taylor’s poem. […]
February 21, 2021
1 Picture a woman riding thunder on the legs of slavery … 2 Picture her kissing our spines saying no to the eyes of slavery … 3 […]