Westchester Community College
Yonkers Campus: Cross-County Center
Professor Melinda Roberts
Mondays and Wednesdays
3:15-6:05 PM

Friday, April 2, 2010

Three Poems

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
Due Wednesday, April 7, 2010
@ 3:15 PM EDT

Read and become familiar with the following poems:

"The Man He Killed" (1902), by Thomas Hardy (page 434), or online at:
http://www.illyria.com/hardyman.html

"At the Cemetary, Walnut Grove Plantation, South Caroline, 1989" (1989), by Lucille Clifton (page 1223), or online at: (not available online)

"For the Confederate Dead," by Kevin Young (page 1226), or online at:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9546137

You DO NOT have to write a response paper; however, be prepared to discuss the poems in class on Wednesday, April 7th.

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for not making us have to write response papers for these lol. Looking foward to discussing it in class Weds. P.S. Hope you feel better. :-)

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  2. oh wow, i must agree with andrea... i also look forward of talking about it in class. see you tomorrow.

    Migdalia M.

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