Read this poem very carefully, all the way through.
This poem is divided into 24 stanzas (why?). Each group should take 4 stanzas:: Group One: Stanzas 1-5; Group 2: Stanzas 5-8; Group 3: Stanzas 9-12; Group 4: Stanzas 13-16; Group 5: Stanzas 17-20; Group 6: Stanzas 21-24..
Study these stanzas once again, with special care. Then, do the following two things:
1. Write a careful paraphrase of your four stanzas. Do not leave anything out!
2. Write a careful explication of any one of those stanzas. Discuss which one among those in your group, so that each person in your group writes about a different stanza.
What's an explication? An "analysis or interpretation, esp of a literary passage or work or philosophical doctrine" (World English Dictionary).
Minimum length for all this: 350 words. You may have to write considerably more than 350 words. If you must write more to complete the assignment, then do so.
Email to me and to your group.