Narcissus
Part Of Speech-Noun
Definition- a bulbous Eurasian plant of a genus that includes the daffodil, especially (in gardening) one with flowers that have white or pale outer petals and a shallow orange or yellow cup in the center
Source – Webster Dictionary
Found in Rita Dove” Persephone, Falling ” line 1
The definition of this flower helps make an image in mind of the difference between these flowers in this context.
part of speech: noun
Definition: A chilled box or cupboard for keeping something cold, especially food.
source: Oxford dictionaries
Found in “This is just to say” by William Carlos Williams, line 4
” I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox”
The context of the poem made me think an icebox was simply an older term for a fridge, but I googled the definition to check if I was correct.
Part of Speech: Verb
Definition: bend one’s head or body forward and downward
Source: Words at Dictionary
Found in “Persephone, Falling” by Rita Dove, Line 3
“flowers, one unlike all the others! She pulled, / stooped to pull harder”
The word “Stooped” means to bend one’s head. Although I have heard this word before it was difficult to put the definition in the line because it was a word that you seem to use but cannot exactly define it.
Hi everyone,
A reminder that Paper #1 is due on Wednesday, in hard copy form, at the beginning of class. There is a penalty for late submissions which is explained on the guidelines for the paper.
We’ll also be reading and discussing three new poems: William Carlos Williams’ “The Red Wheelbarrow,” “This is Just to Say” and Amy Lowell’s “Aliens”–online link can be found in the syllabus or the Readings tab on the main menu of our site.
I’ll also be explaining the assignment for Blog Post #1, which will be due on October 29th, on OpenLab. Remember that OpenLab assignments count for 25% of your course grade.
Lastly, coming on time, ready to start at 10 am is an important responsibility. Too many of you are coming consistently late to class. I’m happy to talk with any of you after class about how to insure you arrive to class on time and prepared. Please leave extra travel time so that you get the benefit of attending class from start to finish.
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