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Activity 1
Click this link for a helpful and insightful article on the American Academy of Poets, “How to Read a Poem”
https://www.guggenheim.org/blogs/checklist/kandinsky-first-abstract-works
Activity 2
Click this link for an interactive reading of Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare, “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day.”
This link presents the same sonnet on the Poets.org website.
You are not required to complete the assessment questions but doing so may enhance your understanding of the poem.
Activity 3
Click this link to access Sonnet Number 130, “My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing like the Sun” by William Shakespeare.
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https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/my-mistress-eyes-are-nothing-sun-sonnet-130
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Activity 4
Click here for a short lecture on Sonnet 130, “My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing like the Sun.”
Activity 5
Click this link to access a reading of the Italian sonnet, “What My Lips Have Kissed and Why and When” by Edna Saint Vincent Millay.
Activity 6
Final Draft Essay due: Sunday, April 23, 11:59 p.m.
For the final draft of your research essay, you will be incorporating your secondary source(s) into the corrected version of your first draft essay. Please be sure that your secondary source information is relevant to and supports your thesis.
Please review the PowerPoint “How to Insert Quotes into a Literary Essay.”
All essays in this class must adhere to MLA format. Before submitting any written work, please review the following guides to formatting. Only correctly formatted essays will be eligible for a grade of A.
Guide to MLA essay formatting from the BMCC library.
Activity 7
Please click this link to access the Week 12 Discussion Board.
Click here for information about How Discussion Boards Work.
Click here for information about How Discussion Boards Are Graded.
