- Read all the poems in the section titled "Practicing Reading: Some Poems on Love" (pgs 16-26 in our textbook). For those who don't yet have the textbook, here's a list of the poems: go search for them.
- W. H. Auden [Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone]
- Andrew Marvell "The Definition of Love"
- Anne Bradstreet "To My Dear and Loving Husband"
- William Shakespeare [Let me not to the marriage of true minds]
- Alan Bold "A Special Theory of Relativity"
- Sharon Olds "Last Night"
- Stephen Dunn "After Making Love"
- Denise Levertov "Wedding Ring"
- Mary, Lady Chudleigh "To the Ladies"
- W. B. Yeats "A Last Confession"
- Li-Young Lee "Persimmons"
- Select one poem and write a 1-2 paragraph response to the poem.
- Publish your response in our Facebook Page before our next class.
- Read and respond to at least 2 of your classmate's postings.
Assignment: Responding to a Love Poem
August 21, 2013