Assignments for Week # 16 ENL 121 (Vavra)
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. 
When power narrows the area of man's concern, 
poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. 
When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
-- John F. Kennedy
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Due In-class
     You are encouraged to bring written, relevant questions about assignments to class. Simply leave them on my desk, with or without your name, before class starts.
M/T
Apr. 24/25
W16A		 Be prepared to take Cornell Notes.
1. Mathew Arnold's "Dover Beach"

2. Anthony Hecht's "The Dover Bitch: A Criticism of Life"

 Collect Cornell Notes.
Quiz
Discuss
W/Th
Apr. 26/27
W16B		 Be prepared to take Cornell Notes. (They will be collected at the end of the class.)
MP 4 is due at the final exam.

Marvell's "Coy Mistress"
1.) To whom is the speaker speaking? (Explain at least three meanings of "coy mistress.") 
2.) The poem has three sections (i.e., stanzas), and is based on the pattern of a logical argument. What are the three words which designate the logical pattern? [Hint: the last two are in the poem; the first is not.] 
3.) The first stanza includes a logical pattern with three parts. 
The first is 100 years to eyes; 
the second is _________ to ________; 
and the third is _________________ to ___________? 4.) Explain how the water imagery works in the poem. 
5.) Explain the phallic imagery in the poem. 
6.) What is meant by "the iron gates of life"? 
7.) Explain the last two lines of the poem.

 Collect Cornell Notes.
Quiz

Discussion
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Final Exam:
      The final exam consists of two parts, the first of which is itself divided into two parts. In the first part, you will have approximately 20 minutes to define and give examples of some of the concepts we will have discussed in the course. After that, you will be given 16 passages from the works we have read. You can use your books and notes to identify the author of each passage, the work it is from, and the importance of the passage, either to the work or as an example of a concept we have studied. The second major part of the exam is an in-class essay about a sonnet that we will not have discussed in class. (You can bring a dictionary.)  Each of the major parts counts as half of the final exam grade.
     Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves. -- Albert Einstein