English

+American Literature Unit 3: Poetry

Paul Laurence DunbarDouglass (637)We Wear the Mask (638) | Edwin Arlington RobinsonLuke Havergal (643)Richard Cory (644) | Edgar Lee MastersLucinda Matlock (646)Richard Bone (647) |

1. Explain the poem to class – note: Alliteration Paradox Metaphor Meter Who is the “We”?Answer Critical Reading Questions(p638) 2a, 2b,3,4 Literary Analysis (639) 1,2,3,4, | 1. Explain the poem to class – note: Rhyme scheme Irony Connetion(s) to We Wear the Mask? Metaphor ThemeAnswer Critical Reading Questions (p644) 1, 2a, 2b, 3a,3b,4a,5a,5b | 1. Explain the poem to class – note: Denotation/ connotation Rhyme scheme Theme Spoon River AnthologyAnswer Critical Reading Questions (p646) 1,2a,2b,3a,3b,4a,4b,5a |

Planning Pyramid

What should students know?

That “Chicago” and “Lucinda Matlock” show two different aspects of the American Dream

and what those differences are

That the narrative style and characterization Robinson uses

help to develop the themes in his poems

The concept of the American Dream

The definition of industrialization and how it was affecting American workers

The tone of “Lucinda Matlock”

Examples from “Lucinda Matlock” that show the poem is about rural life

That Robinson uses methods of characterization to describe the people in his poems

The theme of the poem is that even though Richard Cory achieves the American Dream, it does not make him happy

What the mask and caged bird symbolize in Dunbar’s poem

Edgar Lee Masters and Edwin Arlington Robinson wrote about rural life

Edgar Lee Masters wrote Spoon River Anthology and “Lucinda Matlock” is one of the poems from the anthology

Paul Lawrence Dunbar was the first African American to earn a living through writing

That the American Dream did not come true for most people

most Americans worked in factories under horrible conditions

“Lucinda Matlock” is free verse poems...