Take the time to look over your notes on Mary Ruefle’s essay. If you haven’t yet, look up the words you need to look up and reread the piece after you have taken down these definitions.
For this discussion, you must address at least one of the following questions:
Ruefle spends the first portion of our excerpt distinguishing between the fears experienced by doctors and pilots and those experienced by poets. What does this tell us about her intention behind writing this piece? How do you characterize the difference between these fears?
She then inserts two lists back to back: first, a list of quotations about fear; second, a list of fears. What do putting these lists together do for the piece? How does this move effect your reading?
How is Ruefle’s use of quotations unusual? Did this add to or detract from the reading of the piece? Why did she include them?
Ruefle describes conversations in this piece. Which conversation is the most effective in connecting with the reader? Why?
Figure out which of Ruefle’s quotations/references that made the least sense. Then look it up for more context. Explain what you have found.
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