Perrine’s Assignments over Poetry
These are to help you recognize the different types of poems that representative of particular
centuries/movements in literature.
Monday, April 23: I8th century “Sound and Sense” by Alexander Pope. Page 867 #1-3
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Tuesday, April 24: 19 century “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth. Page 1019. Do a full analysis—a
paragraph on each of the following. Be thorough, please.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Structure
Rhyme and meter
Imagery/symbolism/motif and meaning
Theme
Précis
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Due Thursday, April 25: The Symbolists of the 20 century: “The Second Coming” by W. B. Yeats. Page 1022. Read and then
outline an explication with précis. *Please use the UNC Sample explication as a model. It is online if you can’t find your handout.
Tuesday, May 1: Modernism: “Sunday Morning” by Wallace Stevens. This poem is a real challenge, but will prepare you for a
possible modern poem on the test. If you can do Stevens, you can do just about anyone. Pages 930-32. #2,3,4.
Wednesday, May 2: Harlem Renaissance: “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes. Pages 934-35. #3-6
Thursday, May 3: Postmodernism: “Constantly risking absurdity” by Ferlinghetti. Page 860 #2,3,4 and “The Abortion” by Anne
Sexton Page 998-99. Write a précis.
Perrine’s Assignments over Poetry
These are to help you recognize the different types of poems that representative of particular
centuries/movements in literature.
Monday, April 23: I8th century “Sound and Sense” by Alexander Pope. Page 867 #1-3
th
Tuesday, April 24: 19 century “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth. Page 1019. Do a full analysis—a
paragraph on each of the following. Be thorough, please.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Structure
Rhyme and meter
Imagery/symbolism/motif and meaning
Theme
Précis
th
Due Thursday, April 25: The Symbolists of the 20 century: “The Second Coming” by W. B. Yeats. Page 1022. Read and then
outline an explication with précis. *Please use the UNC Sample explication as a model. It is online if you can’t find your handout.
Tuesday, May 1: Modernism: “Sunday Morning” by Wallace Stevens. This poem is a real challenge, but will prepare you for a
possible modern poem on the test. If you can do Stevens, you can do just about anyone. Pages 930-32. #2,3,4.
Wednesday, May 2: Harlem Renaissance: “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes. Pages 934-35. #3-6
Thursday, May 3: Postmodernism: “Constantly risking absurdity” by Ferlinghetti. Page 860 #2,3,4 and “The Abortion” by Anne
Sexton Page 998-99. Write a précis.