Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to synthesize your understanding of

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to synthesize your understanding of

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to synthesize your understanding of theme, tone, or symbolism in interpreting a poet based on these three devices or reflecting on these poems through the elements of poetry mentioned in the lesson. Directions: Reflect on the theme, tone or symbols found in any of the poems we reviewed so far. Please consider using the following questions as a guide:
1. Please introduce the poem you are reviewing and briefly summarize it.
2. What device or element (theme, tone, or symbolism) are you focusing on?
3. Can you provide evidence from the poem (specific lines; for example, line 5) to support your conclusion?
4. Discuss the effect this poem had on you.
Details:
One page synthesis of one poem. You can do this by interpreting each line and discuss how it connects to theme, tone, or symbolism (called explication) or focus on instances where any of the three are seen or the effect of any one element in the poet to the poet’s intended meaning.