Students!
Just to reiterate, the poem you need to analyze tonight is the one in the first few pages of Poetry Supplement #1, written by Linda Pastan. You should take a look at the Linda Pastan page at The Poetry Foundation. (At some point I will tell you a story about Ruth Lilly and The Poetry Foundation.)
First, review the Vendler handout then run her "system" on the Pastan poem. (If you were not in class - aka. U of I presentation - then run the Vendler system on this Pastan poem.)
Oh, I should point out that the "Vendler system" was invented by Harvard professor Helen Vendler, and -- check it out math studs -- she was a chem. major in college AND earned a Fullbright to study math! The system that we are using in class comes from her landmark text Poems, Poets, and Poetry.
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For 9/2 in class, you will work in groups of five or four. Two - three of you will use TP-CASST and the others of you will use Vendler to analyze the same poems together. The large group will also be performing (yeah!) a choral reading next week. More details on Tuesday ...
Dr. Jones
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