Tuesday

In Class
We discussed the way authors create tone in the poem, through word choice, subject and imagery. We analyzed "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman and "I, too, Sing America" by Langston Hughes.

Homework
Read "I Too Sing America" by Julia Alvarez for tone, form and subject. Notice the details she includes. Then, write your own copy poem in which you give voice to someone (or thing!) whose voice is not often heard in America. You must complete at least the first stanza, but if you are inspired, please keep going. (You'll have to finish it eventually.)