Write a 15-line original poem. You may use any form or style. The poem should have a focus or controlling image. Remember, sound can help to emphasize meaning, so incorporate sound and rhythm. Write for a general public audience and use universal themes that people can relate to without being offended.

Stone, two or three feet thick, the door of wood and iron, a foot thick, and the iron grating which strained the light, i could not being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if i were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up. i wondered that it should have concluded at length that this was the best use it could put me to, and had never thought to avail itself of my services in some way. i saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through before they could get to be as free as i was. i did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar. i felt as if i alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax. — “civil disobedience,” henry david thoreau based on this passage, how did thoreau feel about his confinement?

Which sentence from the story best illustrates how jeannette feels about her family’s choice of vacation?

Whats the importance of gaining a general understanding of and interpretation of the work of literature. explain what the importance is to me