Dear sophomores,

After creating your three stanza poem about where you are from, develop a well-written small essay of 300+ words using our STOPLIFT approach as a guide to your commentary. Below are sample questions to help you write your commentary:

• What are your poem’s subject, speaker, and situation?
• Discuss the poem’s tone.
• Discuss the poem’s organization and progression.
• Of the images, word choice, figures of speech, allusions, and theme, which do you most appreciate and why?
• Which sound effects did you include in your poem?
• What did you hope to convey with your choices? (In order to convey the idea of ….)

Remember to be specific and include examples from your poem in your commentary.

I think your poems are quite extraordinary, and I look forward to more creativity from you!

Kind Regards,

Coey