Poetry

Using at least one direct quotation or paraphrase, support your response to  the following questions about Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall.”

Some of the narration in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” is third person, and some of it is from Ellen’s perspective. Explain how the fluctuating point of view of the story helps us understand Ellen Weatherall’s character, supports key themes in the piece, or affects its presentation.

19) Write one paragraph answering either of the following questions about Marianne Moore’s poetry.

*In what ways are Moore’s poems similar or different to the poems of William Carlos Williams, whom she worked closely with, or T.S. Eliot, who praised her work?

OR

*Examine formal features (meter, line length, spacing, rhyme) in any of the poems.

24) Although William Carlos Williams famously said “No ideas but in things,” Wallace Stevens’ poetry often focuses on abstractions–on ideas.  Review Williams’ “The Red Wheelbarrow.”  Then, select any poem in the assigned reading of Wallace Stevens.  Write one paragraph that explains how Stevens’ use of images and objects in his poems differs from how Williams uses images and objects in “The Red Wheelbarrow.”

26) The opponents of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) called it class warfare. When President Obama put forward his Jobs Plan in 2011, it was called class warfare because the stimulus to the economy is paid for by eliminating tax breaks the wealthiest Americans have had for the last 10 years. Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath to show the great disparity between “haves and have-nots” during the Great Depression, showing the efforts and humanity of the poor. William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” is also seen as a class struggle. What evidence do you see of this struggle, and can it be related to struggles we have today?