Select any poem or poems of the any one author that contain at least 14 lines minimum found in our 11R textbook

Select any poem or poems of the any one author that contain at least 14 lines minimum found in our 11R textbook, get approval from me, and then sign up on a first come first serve basis with no class duplicates

*You will accurately hand copy, then memorize the poem, work in class as directed.*	*25% of the grade*
*Identify its literary significance (discuss author, literary devices, and historical value) in a paper of 1/2 to 1 page.*	*25% of the grade*
*You will give me the handwritten copy of the poem, recite the poem in front of the class, and then explain its literary significance (for this you may read your paper or improvise)*	*25% of the grade*
*Proper behavior as part of the audience.*	*25% of the grade*
	*= 100% Project*
*Third Quarter Project*	*20% of quarter grade*

Poem (note some text must be obtained “on your own” if you select this poem you must provided to the copies class as part of your presentation) – The following were pre approved:

I hear America Singing

I, Too

Mirror

Self in 1958

Chicago

Lucinda Matlock

Richard Cory

The Weary Blues

The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner (if selected by you additionally read “Why Soldiers don’t Talk to Class”)

Camouflaging the Chimera

At the Justice Department, November 15, 1969

Revolutionary Dreams

Legal Alien

The Latin Deli

The Legend

Mexicans Begin Jogging

TEENAGE WASTELAND (Pete Townshend) on your own with copies

In Response to Executive Order 9066

Out, Out--

Mending Wall

Acquainted with the Night

Primer for Blacks

Life for My Child is Simple

A Black Man Talks of Reaping

If We Must Die

Any Human to the Other

My City

Flute Players

Harlem and The Weary Blues