Posted: March 12th, 2023

Week 8 Discussion

Discussion Question 1

Identify examples of personification in

. What is the effect of that figurative language? 

Discussion Question 2

How effectively does the poem

use sound? How does the speaker’s voice resemble the sounds of a piano? 

Parameters

You must make a substantive and thoughtful initial post of 250 words or more to one of the questions, incorporating MLA citation and a Works Cited.

Readings

Meyer, Michael and D. Quentin Miller. The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, and Writing, 12th ed., Macmillan Learning, 2020.

“Building With Its Face Blown Off” by Billy Collins
“Player Piano” by John Updike