ENG 1002 150
HW 1 (Maximum Points 10)
Assigned: January 13, 2006
Due: January 20, 2006
Read all the poems listed on your course outline for Unit I: My Papa’s Waltz (733); To His Coy Mistress (595); The Willing Mistress (597); My son, my executioner (738); When I was one- and –twenty (234); Mending Wall (1247); Rooms by the Sea (Insert 28); The Hug ( 604); If I can stop one heart from breaking ( 1241).
Write a personal response to two of these poems: What do you like or dislike about the poem? Does the poem create any connections/associations in your mind – does it remind you of something you have read or of some experience? Do make a clear reference to the lines from the poem. Provide the words/line numbers from the poem to support your ideas.
The response should be one page long for each poem (Total two pages).
Format: MLA ; typed in font size 12; double-spaced; follow the direction for header from page 37 of the IVCC Style Book. Use quotation marks or italics for the title of the poem.
Proofread for grammar and punctuation