Today in class we began by watching clips of the following "poets" recite their work:
Sarah Kay – "Hands"
Alicia Keys – "P.O.W."
Cookie Monster – "Poetry"
We then read the poem "Design" by Robert Frost (on page 560 of the Elements of Literature textbook) and discussed the elements of plot, character, theme, and irony.
If you missed class today, [...]
whodunit
Function: noun
Definition: a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story
I found a dimpled spider, fat and white, On a white heal-all,* holding up a moth Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth—Assorted characters of death and blight Mixed ready to begin the morning right, Like the ingredients of a witches’ broth—A snowdrop spider, a flower like a froth,** And dead wings carried like [...]
