Forming a Poem
"To the Virgins to Make Much of Time," "The Flea," and "The Emperor of Ice Cream" share this common theme.
What is Carpe Diem
Marge Piercy's poetic lament concerning society's unrealistic and dangerous gender stereotypes.
What is "Barbie Doll"?
John Updike's "A & P"
Who is Sammy?
Willa Cather's "Paul's Case"
Who is Paul?
The antagonist(s) in Trifles
Who is society or Mr. Wright, Mr. Hale, The Sherriff, and the County Attorney?
Natasha Trethewey's "Myth" reflects this form.
What is a palindrome.
What is "The Tyger"?
Oates's "Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?"
Who is third person narrator?
Joyce Carol Oates's "Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been"
Who is Connie?
The protagonist of A Doll's House
Who is Nora?
Walt Whitman's "A Noiseless Patient Spider" is an excellent example of this most American form of poetry.
What is free verse.
This poem uses a pest in order to seduce a woman.
What is "The Flea"?
Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"
Who is first person plural/the town?
William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"
Who are Emily and Homer Barron?
Antigone's fiancé
Who is Haimon?
"Let me not to the marriage of true minds" is this type of poem.
What is Shakespearean or English sonnet
Gerald Manly Hopkins's poem that analyzes what Margarete grieves.
What is "Spring and Fall"?
Hemingway's "Indian Camp"
Who is third person narrator?
Ernest Hemingway's "Indian Camp"
Who is the Indian husband?
Blackmails Nora
Who is Krogstad?
"Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" is a perfect example of this fussy, French poetic form.
What is a villanelle?
Edna St. Vincent Millay's speaker call April an "idiot" in this poem.
What is "Spring"?
James Joyce's "Araby"
Who is first person narrator?
Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
Who are Bailey, Bailey's wife, Bailey's baby, June Star, John Wesley, and the Grandmother?
The "blind-seer" of Antigone
Who is Tiresias?