Finding Arguments in Lived Experience (continued)

Read aloud the poem that Finney wrote in response to that event. Then re-read it, paying particular attention to sections that move you or that you find difficult. When you read nonfiction textbooks, you read first for what you understand, skipping over the difficult. When you read poetry and other literature, you take a different approach—you focus on the difficult, on the sections that make us pause and puzzle. It’s not terribly interesting to note the obvious. The more difficulty you find in this poem, the better, the more interesting your responses will be. To prepare for discussion, after reading and rereading the poem, mark it up, making notions next to sections that make you think twice (that thought might take the form of agreement or disagreement)—or that move you. Here are some questions you might answer. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 CNN1-Poem-Questions-Quotation Contents Eldred-University of Kentucky English-University of Kentucky Writing Program-Town and Gown