CC0
Activity 1
Click this link to review a brief introduction to poetry.
Authored by: Tom Chester. Provided by: Ivy Tech Community College. License: CC BY: Attribution
Activity 2
Please watch this short video, which explains the difference between English and Italian sonnets and discusses common themes that are usually the subject of these highly structured poems.
Activity 3
CC Attribution ShareAlike
Please enjoy an interactive reading of Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare, “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day.”
You are not required to complete the assessment questions but doing so may enhance your understanding of the poem.
Activity 4 (Optional)
Relax and enjoy this Youtube reading of Sonnet 18, “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day.”
Activity 5
Click this link to access Sonnet Number 130, “My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing like the Sun” by William Shakespeare.
[OER Source:
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/my-mistress-eyes-are-nothing-sun-sonnet-130
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
Public Domain
Activity 6
Click this link to access the Italian sonnet, “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning on the Commonlit website.
Activity 7
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.
CC Share-Alike 2.0
Activity 8
Click this link to access “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” on the Poets.org website. Click the audio icon, and you will hear a very memorable and dramatic recitation of the poem by the author himself.
“The Lake Isle of Innisfree” is characterized as a lyric poem. In ancient Greece lyric poems were sung to the music of a stringed instrument called a lyre. Today, however, a lyric poem is generally considered to be a short poem, expressed in vivid language and imagery, which conveys the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker.
Activity 9
Click this link to access the poem “My Last Duchess” on the Commonlit website. This is written as a monologue and is an example of a dramatic poem.
Activity 10
Click this link for my video lecture on “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning.
Public domain
Activity 11
Click this link to access the poem “White Lies” by Natasha Tretheway. This is an example of a narrative poem.
Activity 12
Please read “We Real Cool” and “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks.
Activity 13
Click this link to access the Week 4 discussion
Activity 14
Essay 4 (final draft) due: Sunday June 21, 11:59 p.m.,
Click this link to access essay directions.
To submit your essay, return to your Blackboard course and Click the Essay Submission Links folder on the black navigation panel. Within the folder, click the subfolder labeled “Essay 4.” Please be sure to follow correct formatting guidelines. See below.
Activity 15
Quiz 3 on Oedipus the King
The quiz covers Oedipus the King by Sophocles and the related course material on the Weeks 2 and 3 pages. he test is timed, and students have 90 minutes to complete it. The quiz will be available from 9:00 a.m. Monday, June 15 to 5:00 p.m., Sunday, June 21. The quiz will not be reopened after the closing date.
To access the quiz, navigate to your Blackboard course. Click on Links to Quizzes. Then click on Quiz 4.
