Problem
After you have read the poem, try listening to the audio again.
1) How did your second listen benefit from your on-the-page reading?
2) Which did you find easiest or most comfortable?
3) Consider how listening to a poem being read aloud is different from reading it silently.
Write a personal response of approximately 200 words that addresses your reactions to the oral presentation and to the written presentation. What made the experience different or similar for you? Reflect on the effect of either listening to or reading a poem. In a response, you go beyond "I like it," or "It's different," and give a thoughtful reaction to a piece of literature and the question. A personal response to literature is the reader's answer to the question: "What are my thoughts and feelings about the two different presentations of this poem? How do I connect to the poem and the question?"