English Homework for Wed, Dec 9, Day 5

Class One: You will be using Robert Herrick's poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" as your text. You can find a copy of the text on Friday's posting.
First: read the poem two or three times.
Second : look up any words you do not understand.
Third : identify the speaker and his audience.
Then: identify and explain the figurative language devices (simile, metaphor, etc.)
And then: scan the poem
Finally: explain the advice that the speaker gives his audience and then consequences for not heeding the advice. Does the theme look familiar?

Class Two: See Monday's posting.

Class Five: Using the poem/song "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" as your text, tell me about the title, the scansion, the figurative language, and the theme or themes. You should have at least one type written page (two pages if hand-written.)

Class Six: "The Hill" is your text.
First: apply the Rules of Notice.
Second: scan the 1st and 2nd stanzas. describe your "findings."
Third: identify and explain the figurative language devices that you find.
Fourth: look for patterns. what do you find?
Finally: What themes or ideas emerge?
You'll need at least one typewritten page (two pages if hand written) to discuss Master's 1915 poem