Directions: You read two poems in the lesson that both deal with choices one makes in life. In one well-written paragraph, discuss the importance of decision making in life by making a text-to-self connection as well as a text-to-text connection from Nikki Giovani’s “Choices” and Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken.” Use at least one line as an example from each poem. Use the outline to develop your sentences, and then put them together in one paragraph. Outline:
Opening sentence:
Supporting detail:
Supporting detail:
Textual evidence from poem #1(information from the text that supports your paragraph):
Commentary (your own opinion):
Textual evidence from poem #2 (information from the text that supports your paragraph):
Commentary (your own opinion):
Conclusion sentence:
Complete Paragraph:

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.