~~ POETRY TAKE HOME EXAM ~~

T/R 8:00 and 9:30 -- Due: November 8, 2001
W 7:15 -- Due Wed. November 14, 2001

Directions: Fully answer each of the questions below. Answers must be typed. I will not accept hand written work. Answers will be evaluated based on writing ability as well as content. Late papers will be penalized.

1. Analyze "Those Winter Sundays" (p. 531), explaining how it employs specific, concrete words to vividly convey the speaker's message.

2. Explain the use of figurative language in "Mirror" (p. 628).

3. Explain the irony in "Richard Cory" (p.640) or "First Party at Ken Kesey's with Hell's Angels" (739).

4. Interpret the symbolism in William Blake's "The Tyger" (p. 698) or Dorothy Parker's "One Perfect Rose" (p. 699).

5. Analyze the ambiguity in "My Papa's Waltz" (p. 701).

6. Choose a poem in your textbook or attach one to your exam and analyze how it achieves its unique sound.