After reading
Those Winter Sundays
and
The Bean Eaters
complete the following assignment and post in the discussion board:
Those Winter Sundays
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46461/those-winter-sundays (Links to an external site.)
The Bean Eaters
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/28110/the-bean-eaters
Poetry
Directions: After reading the poem The Bean Eaters, analyze it through the SOAPS method.
SOAPS is an acronym to remind you to ask yourself several questions about a poem to establish some background for understanding
S:
SUBJECT OF THE POEM-What is the poem about?
O:
OCCASION-What is the time and place of the poem and what might have prompted the poet to write it?
A:
AUDIENCE-To whom is the poet writing?
P:
Purpose-What is the poet’s purpose? Is it to express an emotion, or tell a story, or convince someone of something?
S: SPEAKER-What do you know about the speaker based on the poem?
Complete a SOAPS analysis for The Bean Eaters by Gwendolyn Brooks.
S:
O:
A:
P:
S: