Freshmen:
We recapped what you read with the sub yesterday (2.3 and 2.4), and looked briefly at R & J 2.5. Tomorrow we'll finish Act 2 and start watching some more.
AP Lit:
Here is what I asked the sub to have you do on Tuesday:
Read pages 560-565 in the anthology, paying special attention to the analysis and discussion that follows each poem. Then, peruse pages 565 to 635, and read a wide selection of the poems found. Each of you needs to choose one of the poems from these pages that you feel you could sufficiently and thoroughly discuss/analyze in the manner of the examples you read on 560-565. Be ready to tell me which poem you have chosen tomorrow.
What we worked on in class today, then, was to read closely and explicate "The Victims" (on page 529). Going line by line you noted observations on how the poem is constructed, what devices and features you noticed the poet using. The most important part of this, though, is being a specific as you can about how/why the devices create the poem's effect. ANALYZING the poem is different than just listing the poetic devices. We are practicing this because, as you might have guessed, you will be asked to do this on your final.
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