“Poetry is smart. It does a formal dance around the emotions and engages them wh

“Poetry is smart. It does a formal dance around the emotions and engages them while also engaging your brain. Emotion on its own is mere sentimentality. Emotion in classical poetry fuses the intellect with emotion in a high and noble human experience.”

– Fr. Dwight Longenecker

This week, I want to hear your first reaction to reading your chosen poem.

Choose one poem and read it silently once, then read it out loud.

Notice where in the poem you react. What feelings or reactions come up as you read?

Share anything and everything you feel in the text box below. This does not require an attachment. I only care about your reaction to this poem.

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Review your answers to the assignment on Frost’s poem from Session 3. Next, study the imagery as you once again read Frost’s poem, “Mending Wall.”

1. How has your study of poetic elements and imagery strengthened or changed your interpretation of the poem?
2. You answer should be a minimum of 150 words and should include a discussion of specific lines from the poem.