Archives for February 14, 2017

Due 2/15: Villanelles

1. Reading–Read and annotate The Home on the Hill by Robinson and One Art by Bishop.

2. (Due 2/16) Villanelle–Remember, this is a fixed form poem! Your villanelle should mirror Dylan Thomas’. It should be typed. You must closely follow the form requirements of the villanelle. Including:

  • 19 lines of verse (5 tercets and 1 quatrain)
  • Rhyme scheme
  • Set number of syllables/beats per line (iambic pentameter)
  • Don’t forget the refrains! The fist and third line of verse repeat throughout and follow a specific pattern.

Use proper heading (Which some of you are still struggling with):

Sean Leon (your name of course)
Poetry Seminar
10/24/16
2. Villanelle

Due 2/15: Man’s Search for Meaning

1. Man’s Search for Meaning–Read and annotate up to p. 32. (Stop with “Undernourishment, besides being the cause of the general preoccupation with food…”

Online version of the text. Page numbers will be off so keep that in mind as we get into discussion of the text.