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Chopin--To Begin (or End--How?)

  Welcome to the Eng 40 class blog. As student blogs begin to appear--on the right hand side of the screen--you should select a different one each week, and read and respond to what the writer has to say. You must comment on at least one other student's blog, a different writer each week, to receive full credit for the blogs. Find your blogs posted under "Current Blogs." To access a blog, read and comment on it, simply click on the blogger's name. Review all current blogs about a particular story, including my comments, and others' comments, before writing essays about that story. NOTE: If, after clicking on a blog, you get a lot of code but no blog, check the URL in the top address bar: if it ends with "/feeds/posts/default," delete all of that so that the address ends with ".com"--do not delete the entire address, just the last three parts; then press "enter" and you will see the blog. NOTE: to avoid above, if you are creatin...

Poetry--Bishop, Williams

  We are now beginning our study of poetry.   You may also add your own voice, by either posting a blog of your own, or choosing a blog from one of your fellow bloggers (list to left; more names will appear as blog URLs are submitted) and adding your two cents (or two bucks--adjusted for inflation--) Remember: if you are writing a blog, post only blog comments on the blogs * * * * Bishop and Williams: Be sure to review the  study sheet  for Bishop and Williams, posted to Blackboard, for insights into the themes/concerns of poems for both poets. The quotes on the study sheets are excerpted from articles on MAP and LRC (see course syllabus); search for the complete articles in these databases. Look over the  exercises  on Blackboard, as well, which can provide additional guidance and practice in literary analysis. Katie Ford's essay on Bishop, "Visibility Is Poor..." (Poets.org), is also insightful (esp pars. 4, beginning "According to...