Saturday, March 8, 2014

Week of April 1st Poetry Explication

Write a paragraph explaining the meaning of e.e. cummings poem.

 

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond

e. e. cummings



somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond               1
any experience,your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near
your slightest look easily will unclose me                           5
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose
or if your wish be to close me, i and
my life will shut very beautifully ,suddenly,                        10
as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;
nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility:whose texture               
compels me with the color of its countries,                       15
rendering death and forever with each breathing
(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands                  20

Week of March 24th Practice Essay Prompt

Write a paragraph outlining what you would discuss in answering this essay prompt.

"Choose a novel or play that depicts a conflict between a parent (or a parental figure) and a son or daughter. Write an essay in which you analyze the sources of the conflict and explain how the conflict contributes to the meaning of the work."**

Romeo and Juliet
Pride and Prejudice
Hamlet
The Mayor of Casterbridge

Tuesday March 18th Practice Essay Prompt

Below is a copy of a previous prompt used on the AP exam. In a short paragraph, explain what you would discuss in your essay if you were answering this question.

"Choose a novel or play in which cultural, physical, or geographical surroundings shape psychological or moral traits in a character. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how surroundings affect this character and illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole."**

The prompt then offers numerous examples of novels to choose from. I have a listed a few below that I know you have read.

Great Expectations
Heart of Darkness
A Midsummer Nights Dream
Pride and Prejudice 

**collegeboard.com