briefly analyze the poem. Talk about the poem’s meaning, whether there’s a narrative, imagery, motifs, enjambment, rhyme, rhythm and other sound choices the poet made.

Read the poem(s) in your New Yorker copy.

Choose one.

Type it into the Discussions. (Writing out poems or paragraphs of fiction is an excellent way to improve your own writing.)

In class, you’ll:

1. Tell us a bit about the poet

2. read your poem out loud

3. briefly analyze the poem. Talk about the poem’s meaning, whether there’s a narrative, imagery, motifs, enjambment, rhyme, rhythm and other sound choices the poet made.

4. Finally, try to imagine why the New Yorker editors, who choose from thousands of poems sent to them each month, may have chosen this one. Does it speak to anything going on in the world right now>

Use link below

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/07/11/a-king-alone

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