Please post your reaction to and interpretation of one of the pairs of poems. I suggest you choose poems that you are planning to compare/contrast so that you build the pre-writing for your next essay, since Essay #2 is a comparison and contrast of two poems. For the essay you will need to cite specific lines from each poem to show how they are similar or different, and discuss the deeper themes/meanings and how they are similar or different. I suggest you use this discussion board to get started on that assignment. Introduction to Poetry Read: LWP Chs 12 “How Do I Read Poetry,” 13 “Writing about Persona and Tone,” 14 “Writing about Poetic Language” (You do not have to read all of the poems within these chapters unless you would like to do so) Read the following poems in pairs: Waller, “Go, Lovely Rose” (498) Parker, “One Perfect Rose” (498) Whitman, “A Noiseless Patient Spider” (515) Ryan, “Turtle” (516) Hall, “My Son My Executioner” (518) Hirsch, “Execution” (654) Piercy, “Barbie Doll” (648) Piercy, “Belly Good” (see poem attached in this week’s folder)