Dear ANS students,
'The Cockroach' is one of 14 poems you will be studying from the collection 'Songs of Ourselves.'
On the surface, the poem seems to be about the observation of a cockroach's movements. But there is more to it than that...
As a student of English Literature, you will need to demonstrate that you can explore the poem beyond this obvious, surface meaning, to find and show deeper awareness of the ideas and attitudes the poem contains.
Your homework task is to write a short response of 500 words to the following question:
QUESTION- HOW HAS THE POET USED THE EXTENDED METAPHOR OF THE COCKROACH TO CONVEY HIS PERCEPTION OF HUMAN EXISTANCE?
IN YOUR ANSWER, PAY ATTENTION TO HOW POETIC DEVICES HAVE BEEN USED.
Remember, Assessment Objective 2 (AO2) assesses your ability to:
AO2: Understand the meanings of literary texts and their contexts, and explore texts beyond surface meanings to show deeper awareness of ideas and attitudes.
