Blog #8 assignment: Poems

Choose any of the poems we have studied this semester (except for “My Last Duchess”) and apply formalist, reader response, psychological, mythological, reader-response or gender criticism to analyze it. First, explain why you believe this form of criticism best suits the poem you have chosen. Then proceed with your analysis and develop what particular elements of the poem this critical approach emphasizes, and what new insights about the poem we gain through its application.

You should title your response "Assignment #8--Poems." Post your reply by the deadine (5/13) and then reply to a couple of your classmates' posts on this assignment by 5/18. Per the syllabus, Blog entries will be 250 words or more. Responses are without a word limit but should be more substantial than "I agree." Remember that you can respond to as many as you want but you only get credit for the first two. Full credit will be given only to those who adhere to the posting and the reply deadlines.