Type your response in the box. In this lesson, you will write a persuasive essay on a topic related to poetry. Pick one of these topics:
Does reading poetry make a difference in your education?
• What is the most important element in a good poem-rhyme, meter, or figurative language?
• Do poems need to be read aloud to be fully appreciated?
In your essay, you may use the poems you studied earlier in this course, which are listed below. You may also write
about other poems you have read and enjoyed.
"The Road Not Taken C" by Robert Frost
"Nothing Gold Can Stay e" by Robert Frost
"The Rose Tree by William Butler Yeats
"I'm Nobody! Who are you? C" by Emily Dickinson
"America 2" by Claude McKay
Sonnet 130 e by William Shakespeare
"Theme in Yellow e" by Carl Sandburg
Which topic did you choose? What is the argument or viewpoint that you will present in your essay?

Frequently the subject of blues songs has to do with some challenge or problem faced by the writer. everyone faces personal challenges. sometimes music us deal with these problems. do you know of times when music has you or people that you know cope with difficult situations? think about your life experiences and challenges or the experiences of someone you know. then write your own twelve-bar blues song that describes one such experience that you or another person has had. your blues song should have three verses. you may write a fourth verse for extra credit. each verse you write should have three phases and should be written in call-and-response form. the first two phases of each verse should describe the experience, challenge, or problem and should act as your “call” phrases. the third phrase should describe the solution to your challenge or problem, or the next step in your story, and should act as your “response” phrase. review “sneaker blues” to see an example of a call-and-response song with three verses. “sneaker blues” my sneakers got a hole and my feet are killing me; my sneakers got a hole and my feet are killing me; i’m gonna get my sneakers fixed just you wait and see. the man said twenty dollars; you have got to be kidding me; the man said twenty dollars; you have got to be kidding me; twenty dollars is what he said, i might have to let them be. the hole in my sneakers is getting bigger every day; the hole in my sneakers is getting bigger every day; twenty dollars is what he said, that’s what i’ll have to pay. write your song title and verses as the answers to the questions. after you have written your song, try putting it to music using one of the online music samples. original twelve-bar blues song (2 points) score 1. title(6 points) score 2. verse 1line 1: line 2: line 3: (6 points) score 3. verse 2 line 1: line 2: line 3: (6 points) score 4. verse 3 line 1: line 2: line 3: