Discussion Question 1

Identify examples of personification in “Building With Its Face Blown Off” by Billy Collins. What is the effect of that figurative language? 

Discussion Question 2

How effectively does the poem “Player Piano” by John Updike use sound? How does the speaker’s voice resemble the sounds of a piano? 

Parameters

You must make a substantive and thoughtful initial post of 250 words or more to one of the questions, incorporating MLA citation and a Works Cited.

Readings

Meyer, Michael and D. Quentin Miller. The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, and Writing, 12th ed., Macmillan Learning, 2020.

• “Building With Its Face Blown Off” by Billy Collins
• “Player Piano” by John Updike