ENG 102 | Defining Poetry | Poetry Questions | Revising Poetry | Draw a Poem | Create a Poem | Villanelle | Handouts
Prepare for recitation and interpretation in class and submit the written analysis on April 27.
Memorize at least one stanza of a poem from the text (30+ lines or two shorter poems) and practice several times.
Know the poem's speaker and its theme.
Look up any confusing words and see me about anything you don't understand.
If you can't memorize the whole poem, recite (speak from memory) 4-6 lines, read the rest of the poem for the class
Prepare a written 450-500 word analysis. Use the poetry questions to help you understand your selection.
| Title | Student-10:00 am | Student-11:00 am |
| Sonnet 18 - "Shall I compare thee..." by Shakespeare | ||
| Sonnet 130 / There Is a Garden in Her Face by Thomas Campion | ||
| To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvel | ||
| The Little Black Boy by William Blake | Joe Damon | Stephanie Allen |
| When We Two Parted by George Gordon, Lord Byron | Michele Gilles | Jeffery Proctor |
| Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold | Julianne Fahey | |
| Selections by Emily Dickinson | ||
| Eros Turannos by Edwin Arlington Robinson | ||
| Richard Cory by Robinson /St. Judas by James Wright | ||
| Acquainted with the Night | Nothing Gold Can Stay | Duong Nguyen | |
| After Apple Picking by Robert Frost | Gui Sobral | |
| Mending Wall by Robert Frost | Mike Capozzo | Joseph Sloan |
| The Death of the Hired Man by Robert Frost | Scott Tessier | |
| Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen | Jason Ojeda | |
| The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop | ||
| The Steeple Jack by Marianne Moore | ||
| The Unknown Citizen by D. H. Auden | Lucero Hyatt | Tyler Stratton |
| The Waking by Theodore Roethke | ||
| Ballad of Birmingham by Dudley Randall | Viktor Ryan | |
| Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas | Tim Dodd | |
| The Writer by Richard Wilbur | ||
| The Heaven of Animals by James Dickey | Caitlyn Guyette | |
| Love Poem by John Frederick Nims | ||
| Mementos, I by W. D. Snodgrass | ||
| Cinderella by Anne Sexton | Christina Beaudry | |
| The Black Walnut Tree by Mary Oliver | ||
| Rape by Adrienne Rich | Rebekah Vinton | Mercedes Gonzales |
| The Tunnel by Mark Strand | Camille Fowley | |
| Facing It by Yusef Komunyakaa | Nick Dono | Brandon McCormick |
| Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy | Danielle Wis | Sarah Droby |
| To Be of Use by Marge Piercy | ||
| To a Terrorist by Stephen Dunn |
Mike Cicero |
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| Incident; For My Daughter | Timisha Daniels |