Wednesday, March 25, 2020

War, Trees

Here's something to consider. In the poets we've studied over the last two weeks, it seems that relatively ordinary events produce complex, ambiguous mental and emotional responses, leading to profound insights (these can be critical insights into conflicts in our society or culture, questions about the relation of art to life and the purpose and value of art, etc.). How do you see this in Frost's "Birches" and/or "After Apple Picking" and Komunyakaa's "Facing It"?


Also, on the sixth set of  More Blogs from Previous Classes (select a blog, then scroll down to "older posts" or click on the year to get the full semester's postings):

Please see Richard Capozzi's blog on "Facing It"  and my comments on his blog; also, see discussions (esp. my comments) on Norlynn's and Olya's blogs.

For Frost, see discussions on Diana A's, Margarita Laris's, and Rosemarie's blogs.

See also Heru Craig's blog and my post (the second set of More blogs from Previous Classes).

Don't forget to read my comments on blogs, and review study sheets and exercises (on Blackboard) before writing about the poets.

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