Sharon Olds
In "The Exact Moment of His Death" what is the tone and how does Olds convey this?
In the poem what about the form is significant to you?
Great!
What similarities/differences are there in the tones of both poems?
Excellent thought!
Discuss the sonic texture of either poem
Nice!
In "Casualty" what is the significance of the continued watery imagery?
Great Thought!
In "My Father Speaks to Me from the Dead" what's the effect of it being written from her father's perspective?
Good thinking!
What is the significance of the repetition? Why do you think he chooses certain words?
Very Nice!
What role does nature play in "Eating Alone"?
Well said!
Discus the use of juxtaposition/irony in "Two Formal Elegies"
Fantastic thinking!
In "The Strand at Lough Beg" discuss the use of juxtaposition
Well Said!
How does Olds use various sonic elements throughout the poetry we read?
Good Thinking!
Explore the imagery used...consider the "massacred elephants"
Fantastic Thought!
In "Eating Alone" lines 11-14 what is the imagery symbolic of?
That's some great thinking!
In "September Song", what can be said about the use of apostrophe in the first stanza?
Good Work!
Nature is a convention of elegies...
What is the role of nature in "The Strand at Lough Beg"?
NIIICCE!
In "Once" in what ways does Olds convey the complexities of gender roles?
Nicely Said!
Well Done!
Probe the cultural aspects in either poem
Your brain is on fire!
In "Two Formal Elegies" how does Hill both use and stray from the characteristics of the sonnet?
Excellent Thought!
Discuss the structural differences between the two poems
Wonderful Thinking!
In "My Father Speaks to Me from the Dead" why does she use sexually explicit imagery?
Good thought!
How does he intertwine personal memory with historical memory of oppression?
NIIIICCE!
What's the connection between the titles of these two poems? "Eating Alone" and "Eating Together"
I couldn't have said it better myself!
In "September Song" what's the purpose of enjambment and end-stopped lines?
Great Thinking!
What is the importance of the different kinds of diction (colloquial vs. formal) that Heaney employs in "Casualty"?
Well Said!