Miami Dade College Comparing Poetry Essay

You have been given the following pieces to read for this week’s coursework:

Fiction

• “Diary of a Madman” pg. 505
• “Sonny’s Blues” pg. 529
• “Everyday Use” pg. 553
• “The Things They Carried” pg. 1070
• “The Cask of Amontillado” pg. 1019
• “The Story of an Hour” pg. 1067

Poetry

• “A Song on The End of The World” pg. 1134
• “from Song of Myself” pg. 602
• “Nothing Gold Can Stay” pg. 1131
• “The Bullet Was a Girl” pg. 636
• “The Immigrant’s Song” pg. 633
• “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” pg. 1135

Non-Fiction

• “What if Shakespeare Had Had a Sister?” pg. 736
• “Shooting an Elephant” pg. 744
• “Once More to the Lake” pg. 1169
• “Meditation XVII, from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions” pg. 1167

For this discussion, you will need to select one (1) piece from each genre and explain the themes that you find present within the work. As you read the pieces think about the use of figurative language, or lack thereof, and how the writers reveal their themes. Be sure to use either MLA or APA format when citing the evidence that you use for explanations and descriptions. You will not need a works cited page or reference page for your discussion (in-text citations in either format will suffice).

Your initial post must be at least 200 words