Monday, February 6
- In class:
- Discuss Confessional Poetry
- Robert Lowell's poems, Penn Sound
- Anne Sexton's poems, YouTube
- Watch Anne Sexton USA Poetry documentary.
- Homework:
- Watch Sylvia Plath Documentary, or watch Sylvia (2003) movie.
- Read Sylvia Plath's bio and poetry
- Sign up for Post Confessional Poetry presentations
Wednesday, February 8
- In class:
- Discuss Sylvia Plath's poetry
- Assignment:
- Read poems by:
- Write a brief discussion of how you see the poetics of Confessional Poetry in poems by two of the assigned poets.
- Post before class.
- If you're presenting on an assigned poet, post your presentation instead.