Assignment task: Reading Journal Reflection
Once you have read Shelter in Place, a reflection of 250+ words on the poem. Be thoughtful with your answers as they will be graded on how well you engage with the materials and how much critical thinking you put into your answers. You should expect to spend approximately 30 minutes on this reflection.
(1) Identify a line (or lines) that exemplifies how this poet assigns value or purpose to a place.
(2) How would you characterize the meaning(s) that Brimhall derives from the places she describes in this poem?
(3) What does this poem suggest to you about living in quarantine in Kansas in the era of Covid-19?
(4) What line of the poem do you best relate to? How so?