After you read, inspired by these writers, write a response (275-400) words where you analyze your favorite form of intoxication in relation to the ideas in two of the poems you just read.
Poetry of Intoxication. First, read the poetry by Sappho (ancient Greece), Li Po (medieval China; Tang Dynasty), Moira Egan (21st-century American feminist) and Kendrick Lamar (21st-century American hip hop). Think about what each poet is saying about intoxication–what are the points of similarity and difference among the poems? Think about intoxication in a broad sense; […]