Thursday, March 22, 2018

The Frog in the Swimming Pool: March 22, 2018

Focus: How do allusions help us understand poetry?

1. Warming up with one of poetry's most famous couples: The Brownings

"The Clasped Hands of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning"
  • What do you notice about the way their hands are clasped?
  • What does this suggest about their marriage?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "How Do I Love Thee?"
Robert Browning's "Love in a Life"
  • With your partner, turn your two poems into a single found poem that functions as a dialogue between the two speakers.
2. Reading "The Frog in the Swimming Pool" in real time and taking on the multiple choice questions
  • Where are the allusions to Browning, and how do they function in this poem?
3. Slowing down on how to select the right answer

HW:
Continue editing your culminating essay prompt, brainstorming ideas about each of your books, and finding patterns.
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