Thursday

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Conformity or not? We will discuss your views.

One of the most widely studied poems in literature and one of the most debated. Why?

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Homework: Find a poem that uses allegory and bring it to class to read and present.

Read: Chapter 7 - "Paradox, Irony, Satire" and read "My Last Duchess"

You need to be able to explain and discuss the following two poems (in relation to imagery and meaning):

In a Station of the Metro

The apparition of these faces in a crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.

-Ezra Pound

So Much Depends Upon

So much depends
upon

A red wheel
barrow

Glazed with rain
water

Besides the white
chickens

-William Carlos Williams