Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Learning Goal: Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to the overall meaning of a text as a whole.  

Objective: Be able to discuss the importance of rhyme scheme and stanza structure. 

Today, we are going read Longfellow's poem "A Psalm of Life" and relate it to the question: What Gives Life Purpose.  We will look at rhyme scheme and stanza structure.  At the end of class you will write a blog about how rhyme scheme and stanza structure help determine meaning in this poem. 

You will also take a survey (you can find this on the side of the blog).

HW: Answer questions 2, 3, 4, and 5 on page 347.