For this reflection, think about the role of the poet in society. The poets we have read this week take on the responsibility of speaking or commenting on social issues of the times. For your post, choose an author that made an impression on you. Once you have decided on the poet you will like to write about, select a passage that you feel highlights the poem’s central idea. Your post should be at least two paragraphs long.
Here are some questions to get you started. You don’t have to use these questions; you can develop your own guiding questions for you response:
What are some of those social ills that they address in their works?
In the poem “Let American Be America Again,” why does the speaker of the poem decide to speak directly to specific groups of people?
In the poem, “If We Must Die,” who are the monsters in the poem? Why is it important that the speaker of the poem, emphasize to the audience that they are noblemen?
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907/let-america-be-america-again
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44694/if-we-must-die
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