Dec 16

• Review Free Verse / create examples from Whitman and Dickinson
• Same as above for Figurative Language /
• Read Whitman “Beat! Beat! Drums!”
• #9 on p. 541.  (Why is Free Verse an appropriate form for Whitman’s poems?  Support your opinion) / as the text points out, there are no rules with Free Verse, so it is an appropriate form for Whitman due to his individualistic views on America and life in general
• read about Emily Dickinson p. 546 / define:  inventive punctuation and irregular capitalization 
• read “Because” on p. 548 / students do: A and B on p. 548