William FitzGerald                                                                                      Fall 2006
English 220 - Introduction to Literary Study

Homework for Monday, October 2:

To read:

These poems in the Norton Anthology and related links:

"To My Dear and Loving Husband," Bradstreet, p. 285
       http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nap/To_My_Dear_and_Loving_Husband_Anne.htm
        http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Bradstreet/bradhyp.htm
        http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Bradstreet/bradbio.htm
        http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Bradstreet/bradlet.htm
       http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Bradstreet/bradread.htm

"A Letter to Her Husband, Absent Upon Public Employment," Bradstreet, p. 286
       http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/Bradstreet/bradlet.htm
      
"Sailing to Byzantium," Yeats, p. 744
       http://www.uky.edu/Classes/A-H/322/yeatssailing.htm


To write:

A short summary--no more than a few sentences--of the poem you have chosen for your analysis. Here, you will want to avoid presenting a full explication or interpretation.