"When I Was One and Twenty," by A.E. Housman

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Wednesday, March 31, 2010

@ 12:00 Noon EDT

Read "When I Was One and Twenty," by A.E. Housman (page 148)

or access the text online at:

http://www.thedatingadvisor.com/love-poem-when-I-was-one-and-twenty.html

Write a first response to the poem. You may free-write a response, or use some or all of the following prompts:

* How did you relate to the narrator?

* How do you feel about the narrator's understanding of love?

Be sure to provide specific textual details and quotes from the story to justify and/or explain your response. Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotes from the story and discuss how it affected you.

Guidelines for preparation and submission of first response papers are available here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/first-response-paper-guidelines_6704.html

If you have any questions, send me an e-mail at english102wcc@gmail.com, and allow up to 24 hours for a response (although I will most likely get back to you much sooner than that).