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What contribution did this poem have on Latin American Literature?

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(biography of Jamaica Kincaid)

(10 questions for Jamaica Kincaid)

(Jamaica Kincaid reads “Girl”)

Purpose of this essay is to answer these questions
How do you consider the author’s literary works?
What makes them different from other writer´s work?
Do you consider this writer offers a significant contribution to Latin American Literature and Culture? In what way?

And also in addition Read one of the poems included in the Material or links and do a commentary on it as well and tell how did this poem had an effect on 20th century Latin American Literature. what contribution did this poem have on Latin American Literature? and give examples to specific lines directly from the poem as well. Your analysis should be substantive and includes perspectives, topics, and opinions that could be enhanced the discussion about the author and their works.

Attention/Warning!!: The essay is about the Author’s literary work, piece, poem, or short tale selected. It is not about the Author’s biographical information!

Please include direct references to the links or materials provided or any other source.

What is the most challenging part of writing artistically or writing poetry

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Select one of the poems that I have uploaded from the book “Love Poems” by Andrada Costoiu. This is a two-part assignment. See Module 13 for 4 documents I have uploaded including the author’s bio, assignment, poems, and poetry terms.

Part I: Write a 3-4 paragraph (one page) response about what the poem is about. What made you select this one out of the four? What is your interpretation of the poem? What is the writer’s message? Is there a central theme? Do you see any imagery or symbolism? Support your interpretation of the poem by referring to words and language in the poem. Below are two examples of a one-page interpretation.

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Part 2: Answer questions 1-10 below (not 11-14). You will have to watch the interview to answer these questions. Zoom Link: (Links to an external site.)

Nov 29 11am Live Interview with the Author.

(Please mute your microphones so sound cannot be heard). She will record so you can view if you can’t make it. Please try to be there to ask her questions through the chat.

Interview Questions

When did you first realize you were interested in writing poetry and how did you improve your craft?
What was an early experience where you learned that language has power?
Could you tell us a little bit about your book? Do you want each poem to stand on its own?
How important is accessibility of meaning? Should one have to work hard to “solve” the poem?
There are four poems I’d like to ask you about. Could you tell us briefly what each poem is about? Let’s start with ……
Is there such a thing as a wrong interpretation of a poem?
Are your poems based on real life experiences or people?
Do you do any research before writing?
What is the most challenging part of writing artistically or writing poetry?
What suggestions would you give to aspiring writers? What are common traps for aspiring writers?
What does writing poetry mean to you?
What do most poorly-written poems have in common?
Do you experience writer’s block, and if so, what strategies do you use to overcome this?
What would you say to readers who have never read poetry before? What can if offer them?

Write a paper on the poem “Bisclavret” by Marie de France.

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Focus on some aspect of the poem that you found interesting, perplexing, strange, or familiar. You can choose to write an analysis of one character, do a close reading of the poem in terms of marriage, violence, fidelity, or some other topic.

Write 4-5 sentences in your conclusion that restates your position and the reasons you believe the raven is real or imaginary.

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Respond to Edgar Allan Poe’s, “The Raven,” by answering the following writing prompt in an argumentative essay

Prompt: For this essay, you will craft a 3-paragraph response that answers the following question: Is the Raven in Edgar Allan’s Poe’s, “The Raven,” real or imaginary? Use evidence from the poem and your own thinking to support your answer. This essay should explore how the different elements of the poem (setting, mood, imagery, symbolism) and the speaker’s word choice all contribute to the existence or nonexistence of the poem.

Please use the outline below to help you write your essay.

Outline

Paragraph 1 Introduction

Introduce the poem and the author.
Write a sentence that states your position. (i.e. I believe the raven is real/imaginary in Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, “The Raven.”)
Write 2-3 sentences that lists 3 reasons that support your position that the raven is real or imaginary.
Paragraph 2: Evidence (6-8 sentences long)

In this paragraph, you will discuss each of your reasons Use textual evidence (quotes) to support each of the reason you believe the raven is real or imaginary.
You should have 1-2 sentences for each reason and include textual evidence supporting your position.
Paragraph 3: Conclusion

Sum it up! Write 4-5 sentences in your conclusion that restates your position and the reasons you believe the raven is real or imaginary.

Compare translations of Orpheus and Eurydice

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Select any work from ancient literature that appears in your textbook. A myth, a poem, or simply a chapter from a longer work.

Step-by-step instructions |Comparing translations of Orpheus and Eurydice

You’ll need two English translations of your chosen text. Since Norton supplies the first one, you’ll have to find a second one:

List of alternate translations (Links to an external site.) at CSN libraries.
Consider eBooks. There are three ebook translations of Ovid, for instance:
1. Allen Mandelbaum (Links to an external site.) 2. Stanley Lombardo (Links to an external site.) (sign-in) and 3. AD Melville (Links to an external site.)

Apollo and Daphne are in Book 1, Actaeon in Book 3, Pygmalion and Atalanta in Book 10 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

Read your chosen translations side-by-side, noting the different images that each translator paints in your head with his or her words.

Find the original date of publication

How to cite a translator’s work

Mark up the texts, isolating a few passages or key words that support your claims.

Keep quotes as brief as possible.

Read your essay as if the textboxes with quoted material didn’t exist.
The only reason you include them is so that I can refer back to them if I get lost reading your paper; they’re not part of your argument.

Discuss – Argue the value (good or bad) of literary works of your choice.

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Discuss – Argue the value (good or bad) of literary works of your choice. This forum is all yours, so have some fun and shoot from the hip.

Which reading was the most/least rewarding?
Which characters were the most likeable/despicable?
Which authors are overrated?
Which poem deserves recognition?
Which poem or story surprised you the most? Which did you find least interesting?

Please discuss one poem by Edgar Allan Poe.which effectively describes or shows how destructive time and mortality can be.

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Please discuss one poem by Edgar Allan Poe.which effectively describes or shows how destructive time and mortality can be.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52370/the-haunted-palace

Summarize your ideas and explain how reading/rereading the poem added to your understanding of the poem

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For your Response Paper please use the following below to write about. The paper itself should be a 1-2 page analysis. Select a poem from our text that you found relevant or significant in some way, a poem that you related to more than other selections. Use the following as a model for your essay.Paragraph One:Introduce your selection, paraphrase or summarize the message.Paragraphs 2-4: Analyze the poem using at least three questions from the list on page 614/15 in your textbook; support your answer with examples/quotes from the poem.Paragraph 5:Summarize your ideas and explain how reading/rereading the poem added to your understanding of the poem
Use poem: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN BY. BY ROBERT FROST

Why do you think Dickinson decided to vividly describe the subject of the poem without naming it?

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Using evidence from the poem, discuss what you feel the “it” is in Emily Dickinson’s “I like to See it lap the Miles.” Why do you think Dickinson decided to vividly describe the subject of the poem without naming it?

Discuss what the speaker’s attitude is towards the creature Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Fish.”

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Using evidence from the text, discuss what the speaker’s attitude is towards the creature Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Fish.” Why does this individual feel this way about the fish? What is the deeper meaning behind the various images of the creature put forth in this poem?

The Fish

Elizabeth Bishop – 1911-1979

I caught a tremendous fish

and held him beside the boat

half out of water, with my hook

fast in a corner of his mouth.

He didn’t fight.

He hadn’t fought at all.

He hung a grunting weight,

battered and venerable

and homely. Here and there

his brown skin hung in strips

like ancient wallpaper,

and its pattern of darker brown

was like wallpaper:

shapes like full-blown roses

stained and lost through age.

He was speckled with barnacles,

fine rosettes of lime,

and infested

with tiny white sea-lice,

and underneath two or three

rags of green weed hung down.

While his gills were breathing in

the terrible oxygen

—the frightening gills,

fresh and crisp with blood,

that can cut so badly—

I thought of the coarse white flesh

packed in like feathers,

the big bones and the little bones,

the dramatic reds and blacks

of his shiny entrails,

and the pink swim-bladder

like a big peony.

I looked into his eyes

which were far larger than mine

but shallower, and yellowed,

the irises backed and packed

with tarnished tinfoil

seen through the lenses

of old scratched isinglass.

They shifted a little, but not

to return my stare.

—It was more like the tipping

of an object toward the light.

I admired his sullen face,

the mechanism of his jaw,

and then I saw

that from his lower lip

—if you could call it a lip—

grim, wet, and weaponlike,

hung five old pieces of fish-line,

or four and a wire leader

with the swivel still attached,

with all their five big hooks

grown firmly in his mouth.

A green line, frayed at the end

where he broke it, two heavier lines,

and a fine black thread

still crimped from the strain and snap

when it broke and he got away.

Like medals with their ribbons

frayed and wavering,

a five-haired beard of wisdom

trailing from his aching jaw.

I stared and stared

and victory filled up

the little rented boat,

from the pool of bilge

where oil had spread a rainbow

around the rusted engine

to the bailer rusted orange,

the sun-cracked thwarts,

the oarlocks on their strings,

the gunnels—until everything

was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!

And I let the fish go.