Instructions: Having read several poetry selections for this week, do the following: 1. Choose a poem from the following selections: · Billy Collins, “Introduction to Poetry” · Nikki Giovanni, “Poetry” · William Wordsworth, “I wandered lonely as a cloud” · John Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn” · Robert Herrick, “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” · William Blake, “The Lamb” · William Blake, “The Tyger” · William Shakespeare, “My mistress’s eyes are nothing like the sun” · Robert Browning, “Porphyria’s Lover” 2. Go through the poem and rewrite it to replace all major words with words that mean something similar (think thesaurus). 3. Now, write a paragraph that answers the following questions in complete sentences: a. Is this the same poem? After all, the words mean the same. b. How does this version compare to the original? c. Which poem is more effective and vivid? Why? Deliverables: Submit your rewrite of the poem you chose Submit your paragraph answering the questions.

