Which punctuation correctly completes the sentence? leno's early acts drew from his life experience: growing up in new rochelle, new york, and amherst, massachusetts, attending emerson college, and enjoying popular culture. his college education affected his act in an unusual (way; way, way way-) at his first stage booking. after learning about american indian history, he refused to do a skit filled with stereotypes of american indian culture. the writer changed the skit to suit (leno, leno leno- leno; ) therefore, he agreed to move forward with the show. despite leno’s initial success guarding others’ dignity while on the (job: job; job, job) his own career success required more trial and error. he spent about 15 years working his way around the comedy club scene, sleeping on friends’ sofas, and often performing for no pay.

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.