Read the passage. a sharp wind gusts up from the deep glacier-cut valley, and it claws its way under my rain jacket. the cold fingers slither up my spine and send shivers down to my toes. i am resting on the landform that was the curse of thousands of people more than a century ago, during the alaska gold rush in 1898. the chilkoot trail is 33 miles long; the pass, which is more than a mile in elevation, is near the halfway point. i glance up at the summit and think to myself, this is going to take a while, isn’t it? what is the writer about to do? a. hike to the bottom of the trail b. hike to the top of the trail c. stop to eat some lunch d. put away his jacket

“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.