Here is the essay question that will appear on the exam:
Choose two works we’ve studied this quarter (at least one of them must be a poem) which address a common theme. For example, you might pick two works that are in some way about death, love, sex, wealth, loss, peace, work, sacrifice, gender, race, art, or any other theme. Once you’ve identified two works, demonstrate your thorough understanding of both by discussing the similarities and differences in the ways the works address their common theme. Be sure to use specific examples from your chosen works to support your claims.
Also, here is a list of poems which may appear on the exam:
The Lanyard
Mid-Term Break
Hands
The Red Wheelbarrow
In a Station of the Metro
To His Coy Mistress
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
The Nymph's Reply
Flags Vex a Dying Face
Ode to a Grecian Urn
We Are Seven
Dulce et Decorum Est
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Fog
Chicago
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
The Second Coming
The Race
Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
Autumn Comes to Martin's Ferry, Ohio
The Bean Eaters
We Real Cool
The Road Not Taken
The Darkling Thrush
The Colonel
In general, the poems we spent more class time on will be the ones emphasized most on the exam.
