Read all of the poems and write a well-developed paragraph summary of 2.
Begin with the Literature opener. Try to apply the notes from medieval poetry.
Read and explain/decipher/summarize what is happening/the symbolism, etc.
Write in paragraph form and be sure that you answer the following questions in your analysis:
a. who is the speaker? what do you know about him or her?
b. what is the occasion of the poem? what event prompts the speaker to speak?
c. what is the subject of the poem? what is happening?
d. what is the purpose of the poem? what was the poem written?
e. what do you notice about the structure of the poem? rhythm, rhyme, stanzas, etc.
f. what is the theme of the poem? (give examples lines/examples from the text) what is the poet pointing out about people, society, or life? state the theme succinctly
g. what is the tone of the poem? what is the speaker's attitude toward the subject of the poem?
Pick from the following poems if you have the OLD textbook:
1.The Singing Lute
2.Spring Song
3. In Battle
4.The Sacrifice of Isaac
5. Aubade
6. Balade
Pick from these if you have a NEW textbook:
7. Ars Amoratia
8. Treatise on Courtly Love
9. The Wound of Love
10. The Cult of Love
11. A Lover's Prize
12. All Alone am I
--or--
A Choice of your own from the Medieval Lyric Selection of Volume 1, 9th Edition textbook; from pages 1539-1594