Jesse Macicak Annotated Bibliography Drayton, Michael. Since theres no help. Perrines Literat re!

Str ct re, So nd, and Sense. "d. Michael #osenberg. $ort %orth! &arco rt Brace, '((). *+). Since theres no help is a sonnet by Michael Drayton, a si,teenth cent ry "nglish poet. &e ca-e to pro-inence d ring the reign o. / een "li0abeth 1, 2idely regarded as the golden age o. "nglish history. 3his partic lar sonnet describes the dying relationship bet2een the speaker and a co-panion, sing dark or -o rn. l phrases and 2ords s ch as cancel o r 4o2s and lo4es last breath. &o2e4er the poe- ends on a happy note indicating that there -ay be hope .or the- in the . t re. 1 tho ght it 2as a realistic poe- that -ost likely deri4es its pop larity .roits relatable nat re. #aleigh, Sir %alter. 3he 5y-phs #eply to the Shepherd. 6lencoe Literat re! British Literat re. 5e2 7ork, 5e2 7ork! 6lencoe Mc6ra28&ill, 9+++. 9:;. 3he 5y-phs #eply to the Shepherd is a pastoral style poe- by Sir %alter #aleigh, and "nglish poet 2ho also planned the -ysterio s .ailed colony at #oanoke 1sland. %ritten in the late ';++s, this poe- 2as a response to 3he Passionate Shepherd and &is Lo4e by <hristopher Marlo2e, an innocent lo4e poe-. #aleighs response ses the ny-phs point o. 4ie2 to e,plain to the shepherd a sadder, -ore realistic interpretation o. lo4e. 3he poe-s characteristics incl de an AABB rhy-e sche-e and 2orld82eary tone. 3his tone is sho2ed in big8pict re type i-ages s ch as ti-e dri4es .locks .ro- .ield to .old that ser4e to reb .. the shepherds 2hi-sical ideas abo t lo4e. 1 tho ght the 2ork 2as strong and speci.ic in its goal, especially the intentional si-ilarities to 3he Passionate Shepherd and &is Lo4e. #itchie, "lisa4ietta. Sorting La ndry. ='()(>. Perrines Literat re! Str ct re, So nd, and Sense. "d. Michael #osenberg. $ort %orth! &arco rt Brace, '((). ??(8 ?*'. Sorting La ndry is a poe- 2ritten by "lisa4ietta #itchie, a # ssian8A-erican poet, in the late )+s. 3his piece is in conte-porary style, consistent 2ith the ti-e period, and ses .ig rati4e lang age hea4ily. 3he poe- -etaphorically co-pares doing the la ndry to the relationship that the speaker is in, sing the di..erent steps in doing la ndry as sy-bols .or di..erent aspects o. their relationship. Al-ost all o. these co-parisons are positi4e, .or e,a-ple, in the .irst stan0a #itchie describes her lo4e being .olded into her li.e. 3his -ethod is 4ery e..ecti4e in that .act that the reader can relate to the e4eryday sit ations 2hich allo2 the- to grasp the essence o. the state-ent -ore easily.

Dickinson, "-ily. %e @ tgro2 Lo4e. Perrines Literat re! Str ct re, So nd, and Sense. "d. Michael #osenberg. $ort %orth! &arco rt Brace, '((). *+A. "-ily Dickinson is 2idely regarded as one o. the greatest .e-ale and A-erican poets. %e @ tgro2 Lo4e is a short, .o r line poe- 2ritten d ring the -iddle o. Dickinsons li.e, her -ost prod cti4e period. 1n .e2 2ords, the poepresents the idea that lo4e can 2ane p rely d e to o r e-otional gro2th, - ch like clothes or shoes. Dickinson speci.ically -akes that co-parison in the last t2o lines also adding a ray o. hope that things that 2e lea4e behind do ha4e -eaning e4en tho gh they are not c rrent. 1 think the -ain strength o. this piece is its ability to present a co-pelling and co-ple, idea in s ch a concise 2ay. Mathis, <leopatra. 6etting @ t. ='()+>. Perrines Literat re! Str ct re, So nd, and Sense. "d. Michael #osenberg. $ort %orth! &arco rt Brace, '((). *'(. @ne o. the -ore recent poe-s in the selection, 6etting @ t 2as 2ritten in the '()+s, d ring the poets rise to pro-inence. 3his poe- describes the co-ple, and pain. l e-otions that s rro nd the end o. the portrayed co pless -arriage. 3he .irst t2o stan0as are a .lashback, sho2ing the .r stration and e,ha stion in4ol4ed in their separation and ho2 it eng l.s both o. their li4es. D ring the second hal. o. the poe- the a thor presents the other side o. her e-otions, that she -isses the good ti-es they had and that she still holds so-e .ondness .or hi-. 1 tho ght this piece sho2ed really great 2riting style, especially in sing .ig rati4e lang age and indirect sy-bols to get the point across. Shakespeare, %illia-. %hen -y lo4e s2ears that she is -ade o. tr th. Perrines Literat re! Str ct re, So nd, and Sense. "d. Michael #osenberg. $ort %orth! &arco rt Brace, '((). ;(* %hen -y lo4e s2ears that she is -ade o. tr th is one o. the sonnets 2ritten by classic poetBplay2right %illia- Shakespeare. 3he poe- is n -ber 'A) o. a set o. ';: .a-o s sonnets 2ritten by the "li0abethan poet. @nly t2o people are speci.ically re.erred to in the sonnets and this partic lar one is abo t his -istress. 3he poe- describes the dishonesty that is in. sed in their relationship and his insec rities abo t getting older. 3he interesting point -ade in this sonnet is the co pless indi..erence to the proble-s in their relationship. Shakespeare kno2s that his partner is n.aith. l and he in t rn is s ppressing the tr th by not talking abo t it, b t it doesnt -atter beca se he lo4es her and the lies they tell each other help the- .orget the .a lts they co--it.

Vocab: '. 3one! the 2riterCs attit de to2ard the -aterial andBor readers. 9. 3he-e! the central idea e,plored by a literary 2ork