Love is a Magic Ray

Is the same this as last time.

In your Unit 6 readings you had the opportunity to read several different Middle Eastern poets from different eras and cultures. In this discussion you will follow the same instructions from your Unit 5 discussion. You must use your Poetic Analysis Handout to do a critical study of three poets from your readings. They must also be from different backgrounds, as in Unit 5. You must also use quotes from the poems to back up your analysis, in text citations and a works cited. In this discussion YOU WILL WRITE A MINIMUM OF 300 WORDS.

Read the introduction to A Millennium of Classical Persian Poetry by Wheeler M. Thaxtonhttp://books.google.com.tr/books?id=pJJPtIiQCD0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Read Orientalism by Edward Saiid

http://www.odsg.org/Said_Edward(1977)_Orientalism.pdf

Sufi Poets

“Cradle My Heart” by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi

http://www.rumi.org.uk/passion.htm

Lebanese

“Love is a Magic Ray” by Khalil Gibran

http://allpoetry.com/Love-is-a-Magic-Ray

Arab-American

“Talisman” by Suheir Hammad

http://www.thescreamonline.com/poetry/poetry2-1/hammad/