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

Oscar Wilde

Please go to www.oscarwildecollection.com and read The Importance of Being Ernest.

As we are reading A Tale of Two Cities, you have two weeks to read the play. On Friday, March 21st, we will discuss the play and answer an AP prompt.

Poetry Explication for Weekend of February 22nd

Please read the following poem by Elizabeth Jennings. Write a short essay explaining the meaning of the poem. Next, write a few sentences explaining the significance of the use of enjambment in the poem.

 

 

 

Answers

 

I keep my answers small and keep them near;
Big questions bruised my mind but still I let
Small answers be a bulwark to my fear.

The huge abstractions I keep from the light;
Small things I handled and caressed and loved.
I let the stars assume the whole of night.

But the big answers clamoured to be moved
Into my life. Their great audacity
Shouted to be acknowledged and believed.

Even when all small answers build up to
Protection of my spirit, I still hear
Big answers striving for their overthrow

And all the great conclusions coming near.

Response to Enotes analysis of "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron

After reading your copy of the enotes summary on "She Walks in Beauty," please write one paragraph summarizing the usage of enjambment and change in meter as noted in the article. Try to not use any quotes. I am wanting you to truly comprehend what the article is saying, and then put it into your own words.

Begin learning all terms from "What is Imagery" worksheet located in  your packet.