Writing Assignment.
Respond to either A or B with an essay of about 400-500 words
A. Focus on images: Reread “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold (eText p. 423) and answer question 1 at the end of the poem: Discuss what you consider to be this poem’s central point. How do the speaker’s descriptions of the ocean work toward making that point?
Or:
B. Focus on figures of speech: Reread “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns (eText p. 389) and “The Mexican Cabdriver’s Poem for His Wife, Who Has Left Him” by Martín Espada (eText p. 441). How does each poet use figurative language (as well as imagery) to help the reader understand how the speaker feels about his “luve” in Burns’s poem, and how the cabdriver feels about his wife in Espada’s?
FORMAT:
· Set up paper in MLA style: typed, double-spaced, with one-and-a quarter-inch margins, 12-point font.
· For MLA style: See the Purdue Owl and/or speak to a librarian.