Q. Listen to We Real Cool and My Papa's Waltz. These clips demonstrate the importance of performance, rhythm and musicality in the poetic form.

Describe your listening experience of one or more of the poems. (If you prefer, you may find out a recording of another poem from the course readings and describe your listening experience of it instead. If you choose this option, be sure to provide a link to the audio of the chosen poem.) Explain how did hearing the text(s) recited aloud compare to a silent reading of it/them? Did the performance in any ways add to or detract from your experience of the text? Did the performance change your perception of the poem or its content in any ways? Explain how (or explain how not).