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ENC1102: Assignments for the Week of April 6, 2020


Poetry Explication

 Explicate (analyze) the following poems, using the poetry explication guidelines: https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/04/ap-english-poetry-explication-skills.html

Answer all questions. Type all your work. (You do not have to type the questions; however, you may if you want to do so.) Make backup copies. Remember: This is a college class. You are expected to do all work, regardless of whether it is graded. I may ask for an assignment by 11:59 p.m. on the day that it is due. Check my website twice daily--9:05 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. An announcement to upload work by 11:59 p.m. may come at 4:00 p.m. Also, I may ask for a particular assignment or assignments later in the semester. Keep copies of all your work.

 Monday, April 6: Matthew Arnold, "Dover Beach" http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/arnold/writings/doverbeach.html
Tuesday, April 7: Robert Frost, "Design" https://poets.org/poem/design
Wednesday, April 8: William Blake "London" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43673/london-56d222777e969
Thursday, April 9, and Friday, April 10: Langston Hughes, "The Weary
      Blues" https://poets.org/poem/weary-blues

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