Description
Select one of the following poems and write a discussion post identifying the major symbolism. You may research the poem online and listen to an audio reading of the poem to appreciate it better, but your post will be checked for plagiarism, so be sure to use your own words. Double check to be sure you have spelled the author and title correctly. Click the title of each poem to hear the audio recording.
- “The Sick Rose” by William Blake
Links to an external site., p. 916 (13th p. 889) – audio recording by Martin Harris - “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston HughesLinks to an external site., p. 1098 (13th p. 1074) – audio recording by Langston Hughes
- “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes – audio recording read by Martin Luther King Jr.Links to an external site. – poem not in textbook
- “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily DickinsonLinks to an external site., p. 901 (13th p. 872) – audio recording by SpokenVerse
- “My Life Had Stood” by Emily DickinsonLinks to an external site., p. 1060 (13th p. 1024) – audio recording by LiveCannonPoetry
- “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert FrostLinks to an external site., p. 1194 (13th p. 1143) – recording to Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” by Christopher Anderson – there is no audio reading with this version. OR, for audio: “Stopping by Woods” as read by Robert Frost.Links to an external site.
- “I Celebrate Myself” from – Song of Myself by Walt WhitmanLinks to an external site., p. 798 (13th p. 777) – audio recording by Tim Gracyk
- “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” by Walt WhitmanLinks to an external site. – not in textbook – audio recording read by Walt Whitman
- “And Still I Rise” by Maya AngelouLinks to an external site. – not in textbook – audio recording by Maya Angelou
- “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan PoeLinks to an external site. – not in textbook – audio recording by SpokenVerse
- “To a Skylark” by Percy Bysshe ShelleyLinks to an external site. – not in textbook – audio recording by CaliforniaLove
