Poetry Readings: The Casualties of War

Dead soldiers on the fields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (where 51,112 died in three days of fighting)

A Civil War field hospital

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

DUE THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010,

@ 12:00 NOON

Familiarize yourself with the "Ten Costliest Battles of the Civil War": http://www.civilwarhome.com/Battles.htm

Read the following poems in our textbook:

** “The Man He Killed” (p. 434)

** “At the Cemetary, Walnut Grove Plantation, South Carolina, 1989” (p. 1223)

** “For the Confederate Dead” (p. 1226)

Write one first response to all three poems combined. (In other words, you do not have to write a separate first response for each poem.)

Consider the following writing prompts: What was your initial response to the poems (as a whole)? Which poem affected you most? Why?

Or free-write your own response.

Be sure to provide specific textual details and quotations from the poems to justify and/or explain your response. Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotations from the story and tell me how the poems affected you.

First Response Guidelines:

*minimum 350 words; maximum 500 words (NOT including student/class information and title)

Upper left-hand corner, single spaced:

FIRST AND LAST NAME

March 4, 2010

Professor Melinda Roberts

Comp & Lit II: Spring 2010

Centered Title (all caps and bolded):

RESPONSE PAPER: POETRY READINGS: THE CASUALTIES OF WAR

Submission of Response Paper:

• Submit via e-mail to: english102wcc@gmail.com
• Cut and paste your response paper into the e-mail (response papers sent as an attachment to the e-mail will not be accepted).
• Pur your first name, last name, and RESPONSE PAPER: POETRY READINGS: THE CASUALTIES OF WAR as the subject of the e-mail.
• Response papers must be received on or before (no later than) Thursday, March 4, 2010, at 12:00 noon. You will receive a reply e-mail confirming receipt of your response paper. It is strongly suggested that you submit your response paper well in advance of the deadline to avoid any technical errors which may occur as a result of your computer or the internet.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Papers that do not meet the paper guidelines will not be accepted and will be given a score of zero (0).

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Papers are due by 12:00 noon on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Late papers will not be accepted and will be given a score of zero (0).

If you have any questions, send me an e-mail at english102wcc@gmail.com, and allow 24 hours for a response (although I will most likely get back to you much sooner than that).