Literature-Poetry-DramaPoetry – choose three of the following and respond thoroughly: 1. In one of the following poems identify the central symbol and explain its significance to your interpretation of the poem: Dover Beach (846) Acquainted with the Night (889) Mending Wall (1095) The Negro Speaks of Rivers (1219). 2. Describe the imagery in one of the following poems and explain how it contributes to your understanding of the poem’s meaning: Root Cellar (845) The Haunted Palace (891) My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun (976) Harlem (1224). 3. In one of the following poems discuss the poet’s use of irony and how it helps you interpret the poem: you fit into me (867) Richard Cory (893) Water is taught by thirst (1048) Because I could not stop for Death— (1062). 4. Using at least three of the literary tools we discussed this semester explicate one of the following poems: In the Suburbs (830) Latin Night at the Pawnshop (811) Marks (883) When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer (1372). 5. Describe the form (structure/mechanics) and how it carries the meaning of one of the following poems: To His Coy Mistress (814) Alzheimer’s (1007) The Road Not Taken (1091) After Apple Picking (1101). Drama – choose one of the following and discuss: 1. Which of the three tragic heroes we studied—Oedipus (1442) Hamlet (1603) and Krapp— did you identify with the most? Making specific references to the text explain why and what you can learn from him. 2. Explore the theme of one of the following plays explaining how the playwright creates that theme: Trifles (1386) Krapp’s Last Tape. Bonus 1. What did you dislike/like most about the way this class is conducted? (2 points) 2. What does your instructor believe is the most important purpose of poetry? (2 points) 3. Identify the predominant meter in the following selection (4 points): Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot But the Grinch who lived just north of Whoville did not. The Grinch hated Christmas—the whole Christmas season. Oh please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason. It could be perhaps that his shoes were too tight. It could be his head wasn’t screwed on just right. But I think that the most likely reason of all May have been that his heart was two sizes too small. But whatever the reason his heart or his shoes He stood there on Christmas Eve hating the Whos.