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The poem begins with the speaker introducing herself. Mallard and the irony of her heart failure, write an epigram or poem in first person, (like the ones in SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY) about her.‘Minerva Jones’ by Edgar Lee Masters describes the tragic life of a young woman and her solitary death. WRITE: Using what you have learned about the life of Mrs. Students will then follow the reading, using the video of the story. READ about Kate Chopin, noting and reviewing research about women’s rights during this period. One of these poems is called, “(name your poem)”. WRITE:Using your organizer, write a paragraph describing your Spoon River resident.īegin by identifying the author and poem: (example) “In his famous book, Spoon River Anthology, Edgar Lee Masters includes many monologues which are the speeches of dead residents of the fictitious town of Spoon River. LOVING MOTHER Sample organizer: FOCUS: FAMILY & COMMUNITY FAITHFUL WIFE FUN-LOVING LUCINDA MATLOCK MY VIEW RESPECT, ADMIRATION, THINK SHE WAS A WELL BALANCED PERSON HARD- WORKING, CARING STRONG, CONTENT WITH LIFE Read the poem and figure out what kind of person this is and what his/her life has been like.ĬLASSWORK: complete a graphic organizer for your poem or epitaph that outlines

547 and 548: “Lucinda Matlock” & “Fiddler Jones” HANDOUTS: Each student gets a different poem to read for homework. poems are meant to create realistic picture of small Midwestern town just before turn of the century, late 1800’s.characters discuss relationships in their epitaphs.characters are dead, so they have nothing to lose in being honest.Note the format and purpose of SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY. IRONY: a discrepency between appearance & reality verbal irony occurs when a person says one thing and means another REALISM: literal truth the representation in art or literature of objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are.

MONOLOGUE: a dramatic speech made by one person.EPIGRAM:A short, witty poem a concise, clever, statement.EULOGY: A speech or tribute praising someone who has died.