Westchester Community College: Valhalla Campus
Professor Melinda Roberts
Thursdays: 6:00-8:40 PM

Thursday, January 28, 2010

THIS BE THE VERSE, by Philip Larkin


HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Thursday, February 4, 2010

@ 6:00 PM

This Be The Verse (p. 159)


Read This Be The Verse.


Write a First Response to This Be The Verse.

You may free-write a response, or use some or all of the following prompts:

*How did you respond to the first line of the poem?

*Do you agree or disagree with Philip Larkin's evaluation of the parent-child relationship?

*What aspect of the work affected you most? Why?

Provide specific textual details and quotations from the poem to justify and/or explain your response to Young Goodman Brown.

Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotations from the poem and tell me how the poem affected you.


First Response Guidelines:

*8.5x11-inch paper

*1-inch margins

*typed, double-spaced, Cambria 12 font

*minimum three-quarter (3/4) page; maximum one (1) page

Upper left-hand corner of the paper, single spaced:

FIRST AND LAST NAME

February 4, 2010

Professor Melinda Roberts

Comp & Lit II: Spring 2010

Centered Title (all caps and bolded):

RESPONSE PAPER: "THIS BE THE VERSE"


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