Poetry to Practice for Thursday

Your assignment for Thursday is to read eight poems we've linked to below.  The objective of this assignment is for you to practice both your critical reading and interpretation skills.

Make notes in your journal about each poem:

1. Title and author
2. Details you notice
3. Questions you have
4. Beginning interpretation (Don't get too worked up about this or do anything lame like try to google the meaning of the poem.  It's practice.  See what you can do.  We'll talk about them in class, so come with some ideas. You might even surprise yourself.)

The Poems:

Poems by e.e. cummings

"r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r"

"she being brand"

"Buffalo Bill's"

"there are so many tictoc"


Poems by Langston Hughes

"Ballad of the Landlord"

"Mother to Son"

"The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

"Harlem"