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 Original Poem

This assignment encourages you to balance personal expression with the use of specific poetic techniques.

Reflect on an incident that has in some manner changed the way you see or feel. 

Write a poem of 100 to 175 words that reflects how the incident that you chose changed or affected you.

Write a shorter poem of 45 words or less that captures the essence of the same incident.

Submit both selections in one Microsoft® Word document.

Grammar and punctuation variations are acceptable if they serve the needs of the piece.

Be sure to double space each of the poems.

Note: You do not need to use a particular style, such as MLA or APA, as this is a creative writing assignment.

REFLECTION ON POETRY

 

Now you get to think about a poem you have read and will reflect critically.

Imagine for this assignment that you are a literary critic and will be published in a leading literary magazine.

Choose one of the poems from this week's readings. The poem I pick is Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas

Write a 350- to 700-word essay that reflects on what you liked about the poem or what drew you to it.

Consider the following areas in your response:

Identify common elements, structures, forms, and terminology of the poem.

Describe the use of imagery, symbolism, and figurative language in the writer used.

Consider also the central idea and the emotional impact.

Format your essay with title page consistent with either MLA or APA guidelines as this is meant as a formal writing assignment for this course.

Respond to students post

LISA POST

I have always been a fan of Edgar Allen Poe. Something about his dark writing spoke to me as an adolescence and young teen. Not that I had a hard life or was any way depressed, but his poems mad sense to me. The Raven, this dark bird most related to in real life to death and the presence of death coming. The raven his speaking in the poem to the man who is morning the loss of his love and the raven speaks to him and states "nevermore." This style of poetry paints a picture for its reader about what someone might go through after losing a loved one.

STEPHANIE POST

 

Poems in general have always been around for me. When I was little it started with The Cat In The Hat and it progressed after that. During highschool I became found of Emily Dickinson's works of art. On in particular was "Because I could not stop for Death" it was first published posthumously in Poems: Series 1 in 1890. Something about this poem has so much meaning to me. It wasn't just because of death, but the understanding that death itself was there. "We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess – in the Ring –  We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –  We passed the Setting Sun –  Or rather – He passed us – " (Emily Dickinson) the wording of it all so little but yet so much that the reader has an understanding it what she's trying to portray.

MIKE POST

 

If I had to pick a favorite type of poem, I would have to go with a limerick. The reason I say this is because they are typically short, humorous, and catchy. They are just as fun to read as they are to create. Although, I do like epics as well. I rather enjoyed reading The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid. Epics are packed full of heroic adventures and keep you wanting to know what happens next. Like these, many take place during the times of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, which I find that time period very fascinating anyways.