Writing English A: Spring semester final writing assignment・前期末作文

Hello!

How are you? Here is our spring semester final writing assignment (前期末作文) - writing an analysis of a poem.

Topic
I will post here links for two (2) different poems - "Jaguar" by Francisco Alarcon, and "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.

Read both poems - then choose the one (1) that you like the most.

To read the poem "Jaguar" by Francisco Alarcon, click on this link here.
To read the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, click on this link here.

These poems are very different from each another, but each one has rich, and unexpected, things in them. So for whichever poem you choose, write about these points:

• A general background to the poem (for example, in the case of “Jaguar,” an animal in a zoo, with some explanation as to why or how you believe the animal got there)
• The kinds of metaphors (隠喩) or other images shown by the words
• A surprising point or some unexpected image, or use of a word or some words, in the poem
• Your idea of a bigger or hidden theme, issue, or story that the poem hints at
• What you think or feel about the poem – if and how you liked it (or – this is okay – if and how you did not like it)

I am gathering writing on these topics into a book called Words on Words - this is a book about student analysis and opinions on poetry, stories, and other literature. The best of your writing on this topic could go into this book, so write to the best you can! 

How much to write

I would like you to write as much as you can, because your work may be published (出版した) on both this blog and in the Words on Words book. I would like to see maybe 3-4 paragraphs' worth of writing. 

Deadline (締め切り)

It will be July 17th (7/17), by the end of class. 


Here are the board notes for our class on 7/3:

Good luck! I look forward to reading your great writing!

Take care!

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