Ahh, another week, another round of poetry.
On Tuesday we will review the two poems from the MC section of your midterm exam. One of those poems, "Love's Diet," is a Donne poem, and as such is a good example of metaphysical conceit. It is important when reading poetry from the 16th-17th centuries to paraphrase first. If you don't, you are likely to lose the meaning. Also remember that poets like Donne were very fond of metaphors, so whenever reading them, you must determine what the metaphor means.
On Wednesday and Friday we will continue our look at poetry, specifically poetry by Donne. To this end, we will examine, paraphrase, and unravel the following poems:
"The Cannonization"
"A Valediction Forbidding Mourning"
"Go and Catch a Falling Star" or "Song"
"The Bait"
"A Valediction of Weeping"
For homework read the following poems from your text book and be prepared to discuss them in class:
"Schoolsville" 659
"The Naked and the Nude" 695
"Disillusionment of Ten O' Clock" 716
"Dover Beach" 732
"A Work of Artifice" 811
"Metaphors" 812
"A Supermarket in California" 941
"Sonnet 73: That Time of Year Thou May'st in Me Behold" 954
"Women" 956
"Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night" 957
"To his Coy Mistress" 994
"Second Coming" 999
On Friday you will also have a quiz on the following P words from the SAT word list:
- palliate
- pallid
- panacea
- paragon
- pariah
- parsimony
- pathos
- paucity
- pejorative
- pellucid
- penurious
- perfidious
- perfunctory
- pernicious
- perspicacity
- pertinacious
- petulance
- pithy
- platitude
- plethora
Do not forget that your MWDS for The Turn of the Screw must be uploaded to my Moodle by Saturday, Jan. 21.
Come prepared Tuesday to discuss the novella. Bring passages that you find most intriguing to discuss, and consider the intentional ambiguity of the text.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
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