allegory

For each of the questions below, read the poem and the discussion that follows it in the text before answering

• Review symbolism and allegory on page 536 of your text. Then read Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not Stop for Death” on page 541. Is this poem generally symbolic or is it allegorical? Explain the significance of the details in lines 9-13 and lines 17-20.
• Review syntax on page 542 of your text. Then read Sonia Sanchez’s “Towhomitmayconcern” on page 846. How is syntax instrumental in constructing voice and tone?
• Review rhythm and meteron pp. 556-563 of your text. Then read Anne Sexton’s “Her Kind” on page 563. Answer Questions for Reflection from page 563:
  • Identify the prevailing meter of the poem. 
  • How does Sexton keep the poem moving?  
  • Examine her uses of caesura and enjambment, and comment on their effect on the poem’s rhythm.
• Read Langston Hughes’ “I Too” on page 708 of your text. Scan the poem for the use of particular accents, such as iambs, trochees, dactyls, etc. (see page 558). How does the use of these patterns contribute to the tone of the lines?

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