To begin writing your post, read one of the poems first silently and then aloud.
While reading, circle three significant images you will write about. Your post should discuss one of these images and state what it means.
While reading notice the role of poetic narrator and their voice. Who is the poetic narrator and what is their point of view (1sr, 2nd or 3rd person)? What are the issues of voice?
The forum post might comment upon why the narrator in Plath’s poem “Daddy” says “every woman adores a fascist”–do you agree? What kind of a gender statement is this?
Also. what is the meaning of the word “Admonition” and why is it the title of Plath’s poem about a bird?
What is the difference between the “Bluebird” by Bukowski and Wanda Coleman’s “Bluesbird”?
What does image of a bird represent?
Why is it so prevalent in poetry and prose?
Where does the image of “bird” come up in “Sonny’s Blues” and why?
