Authority

Reading

Subjectivity

 

Class Activity

Groups: Three Poems and Three Concepts (Synthesis)

Today, we'll look at three fascinating poems in the light of some of the new toolbox concepts we've learned about. 

  1. You should read the poem aloud in your group once (or twice) more, then briefly discuss it (initial reactions) and your assigned concept (refresh memory). (5 minutes)

  2. Next generate one or two relevant questions (linking the poem and the concept); write them neatly on a sheet of paper; discuss possible answers(10 minutes).

  3. Your group and the others working on the poem will share your questions and some provisional answers with the class (3 minutes each).

 

Example: Authority and Addonizio's "Chicken"
  1. Does this poem seem directed by an "author"?
  2. How does the deadly joke twist and turn it away from an author's control?
  3. Does the she, which becomes a "he," eventually turn to peck at some "we" ?

 

Addonizio's "Chicken" (15-16)
Group 1[reading], 2 [subjectivity]

 

Pafunda's "RSVP" (187)
Groups 3 [authority/author], 4[reading], 5 [subjectivity]


 

Tate's "Bounden Duty" (233-4)
Groups 6[authority/author], 7[reading], 8 [subjectivity]

 

 

 

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Last Updated: 09 December, 2008