The Lanyard

So, how does Billy Collins make us understand that we can never repay a mother's love and that that is totally ok? What devices does he use to make that message clear? Where does the tone shift? Give it your best shot!

Finish the Sonnet

Tonight's homework was to finish the sonnet we started in class. Your job is to write the rhyming couplet. We will listen to all the new poems those two little lines will create tomorrow. Next week, we'll start to write an analysis of a poem together and we'll read some sonnets by famous authors. By the time we're done, you will be ready for a college class in poetry. Please, please take some time to look at some of the links at portaportal.com that I've set up for you. Especially poetrysoup.com where you should define your vocabulary words.