Choose from one of the following poems from our textbook Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion, and answer all of the questions listed below. Please number your answers. This assignment should not be answered in an essay format. Check the PowerPoints for definitions of the literary terms used in the questions:
“Slaughterhouse in a Blouse” by Ronda Rousey
“I Am Beautiful, Famous and Gorgeous” by Anna Kournikova
“Hindsight is a Wonderful Thing” by David Beckham
“Coming Out” by Jason Collins et al.
“Ben Johnson” by Carl Lewis
“Carl Lewis” by Ben Johnson
“Kerrigan v.Harding” by Tonya Harding feat. Nancy Kerrigan
“One Big Lie That I Repeated A Lot of Times” by Lance Armstrong
“Very Hard Words” by Zinedine Zidane
Your response should use in-text citations according to MLA format, be approximately 500 words in length and use complete sentences. Include a Works Cited page with the poem that you have chosen.
Do not use the internet or do any additional research for your response, this is your opinion and analysis on the poem you have selected! You can certainly use the internet to learn about the athlete’s story, that will help you do analysis – but do not use this internet research in your answers as this is not what the assignment is asking. Ground your response in your analysis.
Make sure you refer to specific examples from the poem in your response along with providing some of your own analysis (analysis = what you think the examples mean and why their meanings are significant or important).
What narrative point of view is the speaker in the poem using? How do you know? (2 points)
Could the speaker in the poem be understood as an archetype? (Archetype examples: Underdog, Hero, the Searcher, the Cheater, etc.) Which archetype do they most closely represent and why? (2 points)
What other archetypes are present in the poem? Are any of these Archetypes gendered? For example – does the Hero have to be male? Where do you see them? (2 points)
Is the speaker in the poem a round and dynamic character OR a flat and static character? How do you know? How does the characterization of the speaker in the poem impact the way you
relate to them as you are reading? (2 points)
5. What Gender stereotypes are in the poem? Is the poem representing these stereotypes as true or is it challenging them? (For example: are there female perspectives who speak in ways that we stereotypically associate with men? Or male voices that represent more than the stereotype of a ‘man’ – no emotions, strong, silent, etc.) Are there other aspects of the poems that challenge our gender stereotypes? How do you know? (6 points)
ORGANIZATION & FORMAT (6 points)
Response is approximately 500 words in length
Ideas are supported with specific examples from the poem, cited with in-text citations in proper MLA style
Writing contains complete sentences, correct grammar & spelling
Standard MLA format including page numbers, 1-inch margins, 12 point font and a Works Cited page with the poem listed
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