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Everyone Loves Literature: Yusef Komunyakaa: More Than Simply Fun To Say
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And Writing About It Is Pretty Awesome, Too. Monday, March 10, 2014. Yusef Komunyakaa: More Than Simply Fun To Say. Komunyakaa is another contemporary poet. He, too, fits into other "categories" of poets. Where does he fall and why? DO NOW: Please click on Comments and give your ideas about this poem. March 10, 2014 at 7:13 PM. March 10, 2014 at 9:38 PM. Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem is somewhat simple to understand when read slowly and carefully. After reading it three times, I finally understood th...This po...
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Everyone Loves Literature: Two Female Poets, One Eerie Scene
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And Writing About It Is Pretty Awesome, Too. Friday, February 28, 2014. Two Female Poets, One Eerie Scene. Mental illness haunts many people. Sylvia Plath lived a troubled life, ending in suicide. Her poem, "Metaphors," is of the Confessional sub-genre of poetry. Pieces of her troubled life come through in all her confessional poems, including this one. While it is difficult to figure out for some, its message is one of strong social commentary. Charles Alitieri’s “. Web 31 Dec. 2012. March 2, 2014 at 11...
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Everyone Loves Literature: All Kinds Of Love
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And Writing About It Is Pretty Awesome, Too. Saturday, February 22, 2014. All Kinds Of Love. A lot of poetry deals with race and gender, not necessarily in that order. The video of Lucille Clifton reading at Dodge should help develop a sense of voice for her poems. She looks and sounds like a poet. Not that a poet looks and sounds like anything or anyone in particular, but she exudes poetry. She commands her audience to listen with the strength of her lyric. Mark Bernard White believes, “. 403 (Mar. ...
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Everyone Loves Literature: Bluesmen
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And Writing About It Is Pretty Awesome, Too. Tuesday, February 25, 2014. Everyone at some points sings the blues. Langston Hughes sang the blues. His poetry is very close to music. Even the poem "Ballad of the Landlord" indicates music. His meter is musical rhythm. His rhyme is lyrical. Even in his narrative poems, he uses a lyrical quality, which is what a ballad is. The late night television show, Late Night At The Apollo. DO NOW: Please click on Comments and offer ideas about the art of the Harlem Ren...
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Everyone Loves Literature: March 2014
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And Writing About It Is Pretty Awesome, Too. Monday, March 24, 2014. Dymkowski, Christine. "On the Edge: The Plays of Susan Glaspell." Modern Drama 31.1 (Mar. 1988): 91-105. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Marie Lazzari. Vol. 55. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995. Literature Resource Center. Web. 31 Dec. 2012. DO NOW: Please click on Comments to give your ideas on this one-act play. Does it follow the rules of drama? What is its theme and does the playwright accomplish her goal? Yusef Komuny...
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Everyone Loves Literature: February 2014
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And Writing About It Is Pretty Awesome, Too. Friday, February 28, 2014. Two Female Poets, One Eerie Scene. Mental illness haunts many people. Sylvia Plath lived a troubled life, ending in suicide. Her poem, "Metaphors," is of the Confessional sub-genre of poetry. Pieces of her troubled life come through in all her confessional poems, including this one. While it is difficult to figure out for some, its message is one of strong social commentary. Charles Alitieri’s “. Web 31 Dec. 2012. Everyone at some po...
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Everyone Loves Literature: Triflin'!
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And Writing About It Is Pretty Awesome, Too. Monday, March 24, 2014. Dymkowski, Christine. "On the Edge: The Plays of Susan Glaspell." Modern Drama 31.1 (Mar. 1988): 91-105. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Marie Lazzari. Vol. 55. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995. Literature Resource Center. Web. 31 Dec. 2012. DO NOW: Please click on Comments to give your ideas on this one-act play. Does it follow the rules of drama? What is its theme and does the playwright accomplish her goal? Susan Glaspe...
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Everyone Loves Literature: So Very Beat
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And Writing About It Is Pretty Awesome, Too. Monday, March 3, 2014. Dismayed with a war and the overall tone of American life, the Beats emerged as writers who went against the grain and rallied for the unpopular and marginalized people and ideas. Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs became the main voices of this generation. William T. Lawlor’s “General Introduction” is a helpful overview of the time period and the ensuing movement. By John Keats and The Second Coming. The two poems, B...
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Everyone Loves Literature: January 2014
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And Writing About It Is Pretty Awesome, Too. Friday, January 31, 2014. Magical realism is the grown-up version of fairy tales. Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" creates worlds that parallel the human universe, but in those worlds lurk oddities of the human experience that become magnified. The abnormal becomes the typical, and her characters accept that. In that acceptance lies the need for questioning: what is truth? Web 31 Dec. 2012. What is the price of happiness? Should it cost ...