Introduction to Poetry

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Assignment:

  •  read the poem through once or twice and then write down your first impressions of it (try to write at least 200 words)
  • save a copy of your response
  • send a copy of your first responses to me at hugh.dailly@ed-coll.ac.uk


Background:

First impressions of a piece of writing can be very important. They allow you to express your immediate thoughts before they have been influenced by discussing the work with others or before you have read the opinions of literary critics and other 'experts'.At this stage your ideas are very new and probably not very carefully thought out but recording your response here will give you a reference point to look back on when we have moved through the various stages of studying aspects of the poem. By that time your views may well have changed.