For this journal response you will provide a personal reaction to two poems from the lesson. You will choose one of Bryant’s poems and one of Longfellow’s poems. Provide a two paragraph response in which you do the following:
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Identify one poem from each author and simply explain why those two poems stand out for you based on personal taste.
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Discuss the topics and themes of the two poems and explain how those topics would be treated by poets living in America today.
Scoring:
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Identifies one poem from each author and provides personal reaction to them
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Discusses how poets today would treat the same topics and themes presented within the poems chosen for discussion
Readings
William Cullen Bryant: Biography in Context
“Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant
“The Death of Lincoln” by William Cullen Bryant
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Biography in Context
“The Tide Rises-The Tide Falls” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Chaucer” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
