due Friday 12/4

1. Go to a second example (quotation) from poem that might support your simile idea. Choose a rich word from that example (quotation).

2. Look up the word in the American Heritage Dictionary or the OED. Find a definition that applies helpfully to your example. Discuss why it is helpful. Dig deep. Connect what you're saying to your simile idea.

3. Think of the connotations of the same word under discussion. Discuss how these connotations might apply to the example, the poem, and your simile idea.

Do the same activities regarding a third example.