Write a brief, well-organized essay of at least 1000 words on one of the following topics:

1. Poets often use imagery to underscore specific ideas in their work. Choose one of the poems in the bundle, pick any image, (or set of related images) from that poem, and discuss how the image relates to one of the poem’s main themes.

2. Many poems feature a speaker who “speaks” the poem to an addressee, or occasionally just the reader. Discuss the different roles of the speakers in Shelley’s “Ozymandias.”

3. Poets like to us their work as vehicles for personal philosophies. Discuss the philosophy of nature promoted by Lord Byron in “Darkness.”Do you agree with it?

4. Rossetti creates a fictional universe in”Goblin Market.” Pick oneof the narrative elements of the poem (characterization, suspense, world building, dramatic language, and so on) and discuss how it functions in the story.

5. Go off the deep end and compose an interpretation of John Ash bery’s “Soonest Mended.”But first you’ll have to figure out what it’s about.

6. Write on anything that interests you in any one of the poem sin the bundle(this includes modifying any of the above topics).