Part b write a four-line stanza of your own that would go well with music. after you write the stanza, answer these questions: what rhyme scheme and meter does your poem have? how do those qualities express the meaning of the poem? what genre of music do you see your poem fitting into? in what ways is the musical genre you envision connected to the rhyme scheme and meter that you chose?

Why does henry david thoreau think imprisonment is ineffective?

Which best expresses the irony present in this passage?

In a 10-12 sentence response-style paragraph, explore the degree to which you agree or disagree with faulkner’s message. “i believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. he is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. the poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. it is his privilege to man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail” (faulkner 773-775).