Spring II 2013
Section 7502: Mon, Tue. & Thu. 9:15�11:30
Room C-253
LaGuardia Community College
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ENG 270:
Introduction to Poetry Spring II 2013 Section 7502: Mon, Tue. & Thu. 9:15�11:30 Room C-253 |
LaGuardia Community College |
Important Announcements and Updates
Monday, August 12:
Tomorrow (Tuesday, August 13), we will meet (at 9:15 in Room C-253) only for Final Conferences: you will sign in, get your final grade, and if you submitted a research essay revision, you may get that back. You may also see your bluebook if you wish, but you may not take your exam with you. All final exams are submitted to the English Department along with your grades and attendance rosters and, presumably, put into storage. When you check your grades, bear in mind that these grades already include extremely generous scaling wherever possible; if your adjusted average shows that you are almost at the next grade level, this is because you have already been given a generous bonus and your raw average is below that shown, sometimes significantly below. Therefore, do not ask for additional points or extra credit.
I will not stay for the full class period, so be on time!
Enjoy the break.
Wednesday, July 31:
I am adding a second chance for
poetic recitation for
extra credit.
As before, students may select and
memorize one of the selections below to recite in front of the class on Monday,
August 5. A successful (perfect) recitation is worth
5 points
extra credit; an
incomplete, partial, or flawed recitation will
earn between one and four points. (Note: If you have already recited, you may
attempt a second poem�not the same poem a second time!�but only
for up to two additional points this time.) Students must sign
up to recite tomorrow. Note: As before, no more than
two students may attempt to recite any one of these poems.
Selections for Recitation:
Auden, �Funeral
Blues [Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone]� (16):
16 lines
Cullen,
�Yet
Do I Marvel�
(433): 14 lines
Dickinson,
�Because
I Could Not Stop for Death� (531):
24 lines
Hopkins,
�God�s Grandeur� (552): 14 lines
Olds, �Sex Without Love� (139):
24 lines
Owen,
�Dulce
et Decorum Est� (310):
28 lines
Shakespeare,
�[Shall
I Compare Thee to a Summer�s Day?]�
(173):
14 lines
Tennyson,
Yeats,
�The
Second Coming
In addition, revisions of Essay 2 are due tomorrow; revisions must be substantially revised, not merely �corrected� versions of the original essay (revisions should be based upon the Revising and Editing Checklist and relevant information from class and the textbooks), and must be submitted with the original graded essay attached. Evidence of substantial revision may result in a better grade for the assignment.
Revisions of the Research Essay project will be due on Thursday, August 8. The complete folder, including the first graded draft and copies of all sources, must be submitted with your revision; incomplete submissions will not be graded, nor will there be any further opportunities to submit revisions after class. If you did not submit the Research Essay on time, you currently have a zero. If you still wish to receive any credit, you must bring a completed draft of the essay to the Writing Center, then revise that draft, and submit both copies in your folder on Thursday.
Monday, July 22:
Selections for Recitation:
As announced in class today, due to the lack of appropriate cultural events
related to the class, I am adding the possibility of
poetic recitation for
extra credit.
Students may select and
memorize one of the selections below to be recited in front of the class on
Monday, July 29 for
extra credit. A successful (perfect) recitation is worth
5 points
extra credit; an
incomplete, partial, or flawed recitation will
earn between one and four points. Students must sign
up to recite in advance, as sufficient time must be
allocated for everyone wishing to attempt one. Note: No more than
two students may attempt to recite any one of these poems. Auden,
Cullen,
�Yet
Do I Marvel�
(433): 14 lines
Dickinson,
�Because
I Could Not Stop for Death� (531):
24 lines
Hopkins,
�God�s Grandeur� (552): 14 lines
Owen,
�Dulce
et Decorum Est
Shakespeare,
�[Shall
I Compare Thee to a Summer�s Day?]�
(173):
14 lines
Tennyson,
Yeats,
�The
Second Coming
Also, on meter and scansion, see also �Essay on Versification� and �Understanding and Explicating Poetry.�
Monday, July 15:
As discussed in class today, there are several important dates and changes to
make note of:
Essay 2 is now due on Monday, July 22.
Poems selected for Essay 2 do not have to be from the textbook; however, if you choose poems or song lyrics that are not in the textbook, you must include copies of the poems (or lyrics) with your essay. In addition, you may use poems that are listed on the syllabus, so long as they have not been covered in class before the paper is due.
Finally, Thursday, July 18 is also the last day to officially withdraw from a class.
Wednesday, July 10:
Tomorrow will will change direction dramatically: after several classes of poems about love,
lust, and seduction, we will begin reading and discussing poems about age,
death, and mourning. I have decided to discuss the poems in the following order
(admittedly, the distinction between the three topics is a bit nebulous or even
arbitrary at times, but it does provide some structure):
Thursday, July 11
Poems about Age:William Shakespeare, �That time of year thou mayst in me behold� (166)
Edna St. Vincent Millay, �Sonnet XLIII: [What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why]� (269)
Roger McCough, �Here I Am� (286)Gerard Manley Hopkins, �Spring and Fall� (216)
Monday, July 15
Poems about Death:Ben Jonson, �On My First Son� (9)
John Donne, �Death, Be Not Proud� (533)
Henry King, �Sic Vita� (174) [note: scroll down to the second poem on the page]
Emily Dickinson, �Because I Could Not Stop for Death� (531)
Dylan Thomas, �Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night� (275)
Seamus Heaney, �Mid-Term Break� (11)
Tuesday, July 16
Poems about Mourning:Walt Whitman, �When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom�d� (581)
W. H. Auden, �In Memory of W. B. Yeats� (408)
W. H. Auden, �Funeral Blues [Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone]� (16)
Margaret Atwood, �Death of a Young Son by Drowning� (71)
Monday, July 8:
As previously announced, Essay 1
is due on Tuesday, July 9.
Your essay must be submitted at the beginning of the class period; late work will not be accepted,
nor will essays be accepted via email.
Failure to bring the required essay will result
in a zero for the assignment, without opportunity for revisions.
Also, if you choose poems (or song lyrics) that are not
in the textbook, you must include copies of the poems (or lyrics) with your
essay.
Also, as indicated in class today, we will probably have a quiz tomorrow. Since I indicated that we would probably be looking at
Christopher Marlowe�s �The Passionate Shepherd to His Love� (390) and Sir Walter Ralegh�s �The Nymph�s Reply to the Shepherd� (397), in addition to one of the poems by John Donne, you might want to focus on them. Specifically, you might want to pay close attention to the poems� structure, meter, rhyme scheme, language, imagery, speaker and auditor, and argument. You might also find the following information interesting and useful: �Philomela� (from Encyclopedia Mythica), �Philomela� (from the Ovid Metamorphoses Resource Page), and �Philomela� (from Wikipedia).
Finally,
I have verified and corrected all of the links on
the schedule for
poems though Tuesday, July 16. Links for readings for July 18 and later still
need to be verified.
Tuesday, July 2:
As announced in class, Essay 1
is no longer due on Monday, July 8.
Instead, you have until Tuesday, July 9 to submit your essay. Also, as
announced, the poems (or songs) you select do not have to
be from the textbook; however, if you choose poems (or song lyrics) that are not
in the textbook, you must include copies of the poems (or lyrics) with your
essay. Also, if you are trying to find poems with which to work, BP:
British Poetry 1780-1910:
A Hypertext Archive
On Monday will continue to look at
�Poems About Love,� so be sure you have read
Enjoy the holiday and have a great�and productive�weekend.
CP: A Compendium of Poetry
ME:
Modern English Collection, E-Text Center (U VA)
PA: Poetry Archives @ eMule.com
PB:
Project Bartleby
PL:
Poetry Archive at Plagiarist.com
PO: Poetry Online
RPO:
Representative Poets Online
Sunday, June 30:
Wednesday, June 26:
On Thursday, we will discuss
Note: I have verified and corrected all of the links for
poems though Thursday, July 9. Links for readings after July 9 still
need to be verified
Monday, June 24:
Tuesday, June 18:
Monday, June 17:
Class begins tomorrow�Tuesday, June 25�promptly
at 9:15.
Note that by departmental and college policy, attendance is counted beginning
with the first class period.
Note that links on the
main page still need to be verified and corrected.