Poetry assignments (long-term)

For Friday, Feb. 7, you're to compose a 10-line piece in iambic pentameter. Tell a story, paraphrase a book, review a film, write a poem—just have fun with it.

For the end of the month, you're to—as described in class—find a poem you connect with. You're to then write a 2-3 page paper that, first, analyses the poem using the techniques we're discussing in class and then, second, explain what drew you to the poem and how you respond to it now that you've written about it analytically.