“Who is the speaker?” Pick one of the three poems (“homage to my hips,” “The Woman Thing,” or “Wild nights – Wild nights!”) and create a description of the poem’s speaker.

This week’s creative assignment is “Who is the speaker?” Pick one of the three poems (“homage to my hips,” “The Woman Thing,” or “Wild nights – Wild nights!”) and create a 450-word description of the poem’s speaker. This will require you to use your imagination and develop the character outside of the poem.

Assignment Requirements:

Your submission must:
include a minimum of 450 words, written in paragraph form.
be written in the third-person point of view (academic voice).
be double spaced. A title page, running head, and abstract are not required.
be submitted as a Microsoft Word attachment on the submission page Assignments not submitted in this way may be returned to you ungraded.
– Lucille Clifton:
Biography, Vol. 2 pp. 1494-1495 and “homage to my hips,” Vol. 2 p. 1496 (poetry)
Video of Clifton reading “homage to my hips,” https://vimeo.com/36987057
Audre Lorde:
Biography, Vol. 2 pp. 1490-1491 and “That Woman Thing,” pp. 1492-1493 (poetry)
Emily Dickinson:
Biography, Vol. 1 pp. 1246-50 and Poem 269, “Wild nights – Wild nights!”, Vol 1 p. 1254 (poetry)

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