Blog Assignment Due April 16

This is a 2-part assignment.

Part 1: Write a 250-350 word position on how the use of a well-known popular culture figure shapes the poem "The Other Universe of Bruce Wayne." How does it impact your reception of the poem? Does it make the poem seem more or less literary? Does it engage you in different ways from poems without such familiar points of entry? Try to tie your ideas to evidence in the text as best as you can.

Part 2: Time for some creativity, and in the process engaging with the form of the villanelle. It's good practice to write one to see what goes into the making of a strict form poem. So, select a popular culture fictional character and write a villanelle. Please post a pic or two with it as well. Maybe a romantic villanelle from Brian to Lois or Millhouse to Lisa...