This Week’s Writing Assignments
- Write a 250-word (minimum) response to the writing prompt below. You must meet the minimum word count to get full credit.
- Use only the assigned readings unless otherwise instructed.
- Your responses must include quotes from each text used to get full credit. Be sure to quote, cite, and reference from the text(s) using appropriate APA format. For assistance with APA citations, review the “APA Format” link (go to “Start Here” and then “Course Resources”).
- Put all writing assignments in ONE Microsoft Word document, and identify your work by using your last name in the file name (example: LastnameWeek1.docx). Upload it by clicking on the “W2 Writing Assignments” link below and upload the file as an attachment.
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| This Week’s Writing Assignments |
| Reminder: No research is allowed for this class. Use only the course readings and the course lectures to address the questions below. |
Dickinson and Whitman are two important poets from the antebellum period. They are very different, both in terms of form (what their poetry looks like on the page) and content. Write a comparison, using poems from the assigned reading, that includes at least three terms defined in the Poetry Lecture in Week 1, as well as the poets’ purpose in writing. What messages are they trying to convey in their poetry? Are they successful? Of the two poets, which one do you prefer and why?
NO PLAGERISM!!! it will result in a low rating for you!.
I will provide the week 1 term choices via email once you choose to do this assignment
The assigned readings are
Walt Whitman
- biography (pp. 1005-1009)
- “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” (pp. 1069-1073)
Emily Dickinson
- biography (pp. 1189-1193)
- Poem 122 (“These are the days when Birds come back”) (p. 1194)
- Poem 207 (“I taste a liquor never brewed”) (p. 1195)
- Poem 236 (“Some keep the Sabbath going to Church”) (p. 1196)
FROM THIS BOOK:
N. Baym, W. Franklin, P. Gura, J. Klinkowitz, A. Krupat, R. Levine, . . . P. Wallace (Eds.) The Norton anthology of American literature (shorter 8th ed.). New York, NY: W. W. Norton. ISBN: 9780393918854
