Step 1 - Listening
Love letter
You are going to listen to a reading of a love letter written by an American poet named James Schuyler.
- Watch the video and do exercise 1.
- Work together with three or four classmates and discuss your answers in exercise 2.
Exercise 2
In his letter the writer uses imagery (beeldspraak). In your group: discuss what the writer means by the following sentences:
- βI felt exactly like the ugly duckling the day he found out he was a swan.β
- βit makes unhappiness seem no bigger than a pin.β