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This week, we will begin to consider the way different literary genres provide writers with the tools…

This week, we will begin to consider the way different literary genres provide writers with the tools…

This week, we will begin to consider the way different literary genres provide writers with the tools to address issues of language, storytelling, and identity, with a specific focus on poetry.From Good Poems, read: “For a Five-Year Old” p. 12; “For My Daughter in Reply to a Question” p. 13Respond to the following: “For a Five-Year Old” and “For My Daughter in Reply to a Question” feature exchanges between a parent and child. What ‘stories’ are being transmitted in these poems? Are they truthful? As a reader, do you feel that these stories are justified? Are the parents ‘right’ to tell the stories the way they do?