Poetry Assignment Answer the following in 2 paragraphs.

1. What were the key issues or messages in the following poems--Nikki Giovanni's "Poetry," Marianne Moore's "Poetry," and Archibald McLeishe's "Ars Poetica"?

2. Identify the periods presented during the lecture on poetry. If you can, give the years of each period.

3. What is Geoffrey Chaucer best known for. and in what period did he write?

4. William Carlos WIlliams was a doctor and a poet. His poem, "The Red Wheelbarrow" is a brief poem but filled with imagery. Write a brief analysis of the poem.

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens

5. What impact will poetry have on future generations? How has poetry evolved?

6. What were William Shakespeare's contribution to poetry? What time period did he write?