Once you have your poem, perform a web search and find an online version of the poem. Publish a link to that poem somewhere towards the beginning of your post. (I will review how to do this during our lab period.) Then respond to the following:
1) Research some biographical information about the poet and some historical background about the period in which he/she wrote. How does this information connect to the work you have read by this poet? (You might also incorporate words that either the poet has said or others have said about their motivation for writing this and other poems.)
2) Perform a close reading of the poem you have chosen and write a bit about rhetorical aspects (such as figurative language, structure, theme, tone, meter, etc.) that you feel have contributed in some way to your experience of reading it.
3) Perform a web search and find at least one other work by the poet you have chosen. (You will have no problem locating these works online, as each of these poet's works have been widely disseminated.) Provide a link to the poem(s) so that your readers can access it/them. Write briefly about your experience as a reader of one or more of these.
4) Finally, respond to the question, “Is there anything about the works of this poet that makes them distinctly American?” (Other than the fact that they were composed by an American poet.)
How you arrange this information is up to you, but your post should be approximately a page in length when typed. You may include a small image of the poet if you are able to find one. . Remember, if you quote a source from the Internet to cite it!
1) Research some biographical information about the poet and some historical background about the period in which he/she wrote. How does this information connect to the work you have read by this poet? (You might also incorporate words that either the poet has said or others have said about their motivation for writing this and other poems.)2) Perform a close reading of the poem you have chosen and write a bit about rhetorical aspects (such as figurative language, structure, theme, tone, meter, etc.) that you feel have contributed in some way to your experience of reading it.
3) Perform a web search and find at least one other work by the poet you have chosen. (You will have no problem locating these works online, as each of these poet's works have been widely disseminated.) Provide a link to the poem(s) so that your readers can access it/them. Write briefly about your experience as a reader of one or more of these.
4) Finally, respond to the question, “Is there anything about the works of this poet that makes them distinctly American?” (Other than the fact that they were composed by an American poet.)
How you arrange this information is up to you, but your post should be approximately a page in length when typed. You may include a small image of the poet if you are able to find one. . Remember, if you quote a source from the Internet to cite it!
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