Family themes are explored in poetry.

When reading "Noiseless Patient Spider", "Nighttime Fires", "My Papa's Waltz", "Mother to Son", "Those Winter Sundays", "A Watts Mother", "This Be the Verse", "Elderly Lady", "Behind Grandma's House", "Bored", My Son, My Executioner", "Manners", "Popular Mechanics" In your opinion can you tell me how do the characters deal with conflict, family members, or a situation? Was s/he successful? Why or why not? and can you tell me what is a functional/dysfunctional families in your opinion.

This posting explains social themes in poems.

In the reading "Richard Cory", "Not Waving", "Barbie Doll", "Song to a Waitress", "Suburban", "Unholy Sonnet", "Theology", "We Real Cool", Ballad of the Landlord," how did the author(s) address social issues (with humor, satire, dramatization) and in your opinion how much does stereotyping play in how we chose our friends?

Poetry is examined in terms of love.

In reading "Magic of Love", "Love Poem", "Meeting at Night", "One Perfect Rose", "To My Dear and Loving Husband", "Not Marble, Nor Gilded Monuments", and "When In Disgrace With Fortune and Men's Eyes" are these poems of romantic love - or are they? Why or why not? and what can you tell about the narrator's relationship with the person to whom the poem is addressed?

Love and hate themes are explored within poetry.

In the reading "If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking", "Still to be Neat", "Marks", "Sex Without Love", and "Chess" in your opinion how many ways can humans love? Consider the love you have for your sweetie, your parents, your dog, or your pickup truck. How do these differ?

This job contrasts literary genres.

What are the differences between a poem and a short story? What can a poem achieve that a short story cannot, and vice versa? n what ways can the genres overlap? Personal ideas about genre differences are noted.