English 221: Intro to Creative Writing
Agenda:  May 1, 2008

• In-Class Writing: Assumptions
• Group Discussion: They Feed They Lion
  • What is the tone of the poem? What words, phrases, lines in the poem support this reading?
  • What is the poem about? What does the poem have to say about its subject?
  • Identify the terms below as they are used in the poem, and for each instance, discuss how these elements to your understanding of the meaning of the poem:
    • Metaphor
    • Simile
    • Personification
    • Alliteration
    • Doubleness: the combination of two things not usually combined
    • enjambment
    • Rhyme / Near Rhyme
    • denotation
    • connotation
    • rhythm

FOR NEXT TIME:

WRITE: A typed draft of your replacement poem. (see the Poetry Assignment Handout) Come to class prepared to discuss "Those Winter Sundays" and to share and discuss your draft with a peer. As with previous drafts, I will count your typed draft harcopy as a quiz grade.