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One. Choices 1-3 should be the usual 600 word minimum and double spaced.
· In “Ulysses,” Tennyson describes both Ulysses and Telemachus, a father and his son, who are vastly different people. One of the poem’s themes is that in our lives, we make decisions that have effects on the people around us and ourselves. We can choose to be a Ulysses and search for glory, or we can be a Telemachus, and bear the responsibilities that are thrust upon us. Which are you? Describe a time in your life when you have been one person or the other (or both) and how this made you feel. Use excerpts from the poem to illustrate your thesis. You will also need to document the quotes and any other resources you use in your essay on a Works Cited page at the end of your paper. Don’t forget to use APA style documentation.
· Reread “Poem in which words have been left out”by Charles Jensen (p541)The poem is created through editing and moving the words of the well known “Miranda Rights” which are read to a suspect when they are being arrested for a crime. How does Jensen edit these rights in order to demonstrate problems with the justice system? Pick out one or two examples and explain what Jensen edits and why, and how it reveals a hidden meaning that Jensen thinks is a reality of the justice system.
· Expand your DB posting of “The World is Too Much With Us.” Address how the world is too much with you in the twenty-first century. Don’t forget to use the poem as a reference. Make the poem personal.
· Write a poem about a person or occasion that has made you either glad or angry. Try to create the same feelings in your reader, but create these feelings through your rendering of situation and your choices of the right words. (possible topics – a social injustice, an unfair grade, a compliment you have received on a task well done, the landing of a good job, the winning of a game, a rise in the price of gas, etc.)
In addition to the poem, you will need to write a 300 – 400 word explication of your poem. Don’t forget to double space.
· For a real challenge, write a parody or rebuttal to one of the poems we’ve read. Use “The Wolf’s Postscript to ‘Little Red Riding Hood'” and “Red Wheelbarrow”/”An Apology” poems as examples.
In addition to the poem, you will need to write a 300 – 400 word explication of your poem. Don’t forget to double space.
