Lit term: setting, simile, suspense
Proofreading exercises
Write out your own ideas to questions 21, 24, 28 from packet
“A Man” “ A Man Said to the Universe”.
A Man
Poem 1 by Nina Cassian
Translated by Roy Macgregor-Hastie
While fighting for his country, he lost an arm
and was suddenly afraid:
"From now on, I shall only be able to do things by halves.
I shall reap half a harvest.
I shall be able to play either the tune
or the accompaniment on the piano,
but never both parts together.
I shall be able to bang with only one fist
on doors, and worst of all
I shall only be able to half hold
my love close to me.
There will be things I cannot do at all,
applaud for example,
at shows where everyone applauds."
From that moment on, he set himself to do everything with
twice as much enthusiasm.
And where the arm had been torn away
a wing grew.
Poem 2 by Stephen Crane
A Man Said to the Universe
A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”
About these two poems, write a page for tomorrow
Two poems. ¶1 = life outlook of poem 1. ¶2 = life outlook of poem 2 ¶3= Comparison between or connections with either poem.
Bring outside reading Friday.
Reminder:
Monday 12-5, Stranger final test AND packet due.
Monday 12-5 checking out Siddhartha
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