"London"

"London"

1. In stanza one, the persona creates the setting for the reader. The persona also creates the tone/mood. What are your thoughts on the setting and the tone/mood?

2. In what ways is the tone/mood similar to "Araby" and "The Dead?"

3. What do you think the persona hears in stanza two? How do you know?

4. What images were you forming as you read stanza three?

5. What is "the marriage hearse?" Why do you think the persona connects death and marriage?

6. What theme do you take away from this poem?

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Professor Stanley

CARPA for "The Ruined Maid"

CARPA for "The Ruined Maid"

1. Which parts of the text did you focus on?

2. Why did you pay particular attention to these parts?

3. What questions were you asking as you read?

4. What images were you forming as you read?

5. What were the purposes of these images?

6. What theme do you take away from this poem?

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Professor Stanley

CARPA for "The Lorax"

CARPA for "The Lorax"

1. Which parts of the text did you focus on?

2. Why did you pay particular attention to these parts?

3. What questions were you asking as you read?

4. What images were you forming as you read?

5. What were the purposes of these images?

6. What theme do you take away from this poem?

Happy Posting!

Professor Stanley

CARPA--"After Making Love We Hear Footsteps"

CARPA for "After Making Love We Hear Footsteps"

1. Which parts of the text did you focus on?

2. Why did you pay particular attention to these parts?

3. What questions were you asking as you read?

4. What images were you forming as you read?

5. What were the purposes of these images?

6. What theme do you take away from this poem?

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Professor Stanley

CARPA for "Divorce"

CARPA for "Divorce"

1. Which parts of the text did you focus on?

2. Why did you pay particular attention to these parts?

3. What questions were you asking as you read?

4. What images were you forming as you read?

5. What were the purposes of these images?

6. What theme do you take away from this poem?

Happy Posting!

Professor Stanley

"A Far Cry from Africa"

Analysis of "A Far Cry from Africa"

By Robert Browning

Answer the following questions. This blog is the equivalent of a classroom discussion, so you will need to respond to your peers' posts in order to learn from multiple perspectives and in order to represent a discussion. Please refer to the blog rubric on Blackboard in order to achieve the grade you desire. 

1. In what ways do you see the poem representing a conflict?

2. Provide two examples of imagery from the poem, and discuss the importance of it. 

3. What is the tone/mood of this poem? How do you know?

4. Create an explication of the last stanza of the poem.

5. What theme do you take away from the poem? Provide evidence of this?

6. What type of diction is used in this poem? Provide an example of this?

7. Provide an example of a paradox in the poem.

Happy Posting!

Professor Stanley

"My Last Duchess"

Analysis of "My Last Duchess"

By Robert Browning

Answer the following questions. This blog is the equivalent of a classroom discussion, so you will need to respond to your peers' posts in order to learn from multiple perspectives and in order to represent a discussion. Please refer to the blog rubric on Blackboard in order to achieve the grade you desire. 

1. In what ways do you see the poem as a dramatic monologue?

2. Provide an example of irony from the poem. 

3. Fra Pandolf is mentioned in the beginning of the poem. Who is this? Why is Fra Pandolf included in the poem?

4. Some people describe the persona of the poem as a sociopath. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

5. What does the speaker mean when he says his last duchess had a heart  "Too easily impressed?"

6. What theme do you take away from the poem? Provide evidence of this?

7. What type of diction is used in this poem? Provide an example of this?

Happy Posting!

Professor Stanley

Theme

Theme

Answer the following questions. This blog is the equivalent of a classroom discussion, so you will need to respond to your peers' posts in order to learn from multiple perspectives and in order to represent a discussion. Please refer to the blog rubric on Blackboard in order to achieve the grade you desire. 

1. What is the theme of "Girl?" What makes you think so?

2. What is the theme of "Jesus Shaves?" What makes you think so?

3. What is the theme of "Happy Endings?" What makes you think so?

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Professor Stanley

Figurative Language

Figurative Language

Answer the following questions. This blog is the equivalent of a classroom discussion, so you will need to respond to your peers' posts in order to learn from multiple perspectives and in order to represent a discussion. Please refer to the blog rubric on Blackboard in order to achieve the grade you desire. 

1. Provide an example of allegory from one of our selections. Why is allegory necessary?

2. Provide an example of allusion from one of our selections. Why is allusion necessary?

3. Provide an example of irony from one of our selections. Why is irony necessary?

4. Provide an example of simile from one of our selections. Why is simile necessary?

5. Provide an example of metaphor from one of our selections. Why is metaphor necessary?

6. Provide an example of symbol from one of our selections. Why is symbol necessary?

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Professor Stanley

Setting > "Araby"

Setting

"Araby"

Answer all of the following questions using the blog structure we discussed in class. Remember to follow the blog rubric on Blackboard in order to achieve the grade you desire. 

1. Describe a pivotal scene from the beginning of the short story. What does the setting do to improve the short story?

2. If you could choose a song to represent any part of the short story, what could would you choose and why? (Post a link to the song in your comments, if you can find one.)

3. Where does "Araby" take place? How does this connect with the setting of the short story?

4. Why does Joyce continue to talk about the time throughout "Araby?" What does this add to the short story?

5. In the fourth paragraph, the narrator reveals his stalker tendencies. How does the description of the setting increase/decrease the value of "Araby?"

6. Does the narrator help you visualize his surroundings?

Happy Posting!

Professor Stanley