Tuesday, 1/14/13

* Open

  • What is catachresis?
    • Give one example.
* Check your work on John Donne

 * Next Poet: Robert Herrick

If you finish 9.2 early
  • Please read Samuel Johnson's thoughts on John Milton and metaphysical poets at the Poetry Foundation
    • Pages one through five concern Milton
      • Page 1 begins Paradise Lost
      • Pages 2-3 treat other writings that you have not read, but read those pages nonetheless. 
      • Page 4 brings us Paradise Regained.
      • Pages 4-5 treat blank verse and rhyme.
    • Pages five through six concern metaphysical poets (Cowley and John Donne)
  • You will answer questions from this reading on block day. 
HW: Finish Journal 9.2

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