Rita Dove "Sonnet in Primary Colors", English Assignment Homework Help
Subject
Humanities
Question Description
Please see the below instructions, and respond in APA format.
Complete 1 Summarizing Poetry
Step 1:
Read the following poems (you’ll find these in the textbook and/or online)
° Nikki Giovanni "Poetry"
° Rita Dove "Sonnet in Primary Colors"
° Emily Dickinson "I'm Nobody! Who are You?"
° Robert Frost "Fire and Ice"
Step 2:
Read each of your four poems silently to yourself at least a couple of times. Breathe deeply, and take your time. Sink into the poem and try to understand its soul.
Next, summarize each poem in 2-4 sentences. In your summary, try to respond to at least a couple of the following questions:
● How is sound working in the poem?
● What happens in the poem?
● Who is speaking?
● What is the poem's message?
● What do you notice about the way that the poem sounds?
● Does this poem make use of any poetic sound devices that you learned about i.e.,assonance, consonance, repetition?