1. Draft essay: You have a draft essay of at least two pages double spaced due Thursday before class begins. The window will be closed once class has started. You selected which prompt you were going to focus on. You are allowed to change if you send me an email that you are changing.
Prompt 1: Carefully read the two poems. Then in a well-organized essay compare the speakers’ reflections on their future and the way they discuss their future surroundings. Then please analyze the techniques the poets use to communicate the speakers’ states of mind on their future. (Hughes & Taylor)
Prompt 2: Read the following poem by Langston Hughes carefully. Then write an essay discussing how the poet uses literary techniques to reveal the speaker’s attitudes toward his future and the critique the speaker is providing. (Hughes)
Prompt 3: Carefully read the two poems. Then in a well-organized essay compare the speakers’ reflections on their morning surroundings and analyze the techniques the poets use to communicate the speakers’ states of mind. (Carver & Rumi)
2. Read the Darder article "After Race" please read and annotate to p. 156