Week 3

In this week, we will read and review-

  1. Elizabeth Browning's sonnet How do I love thee ? Let me count the ways"
  2. Robert Browning's poem "Meeting at Night"
  3. Charles Dickens' short story "A Child's Dream of a Star"

Lesson 6 Robert Browning's poem "Meeting at Night"

Aim: How does the speaker express his anxiousness to his lover in the poem "Meeting at Night" by Robert Browning?

Meeting at Night

        I.

The grey sea and the long black land;
And the yellow half-moon large and low;
And the startled little waves that leap
In fiery ringlets from their sleep,
As I gain the cove with pushing prow,
And quench its speed i' the slushy sand.
     II.

Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;
Three fields to cross till a farm appears;
A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch
And blue spurt of a lighted match,
And a voice less loud, thro' its joys and fears,
Than the two hearts beating each to each!

 

Do Now:     Create a few images to describe a person's anxiousness to see his/her lover.

Activities:

  1. Read the poem out loud in class.
  2. Identify the images in the poem that describe the speaker's longing and anxiousness to see his lover.
  3. What is your response to the poem?

    ( Assignment #4)

Lesson 7 Stevens' poem "Thirteen Different Ways of Looking at a Black Bird"

Aim: How does Stevens poeticize the black bird in his poem "Thirteen Different Ways of Looking at a Black Bird"?

Do Now: Read about the poet Wallace Stevens.

Activities:

  1. Read the poem  "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"in class.
  2. What images do you see of the blackbirds in this poem in each stanza?
  3. How are the images of the blackbird portrayed?

    Assignment #5