Talk About Wright's Life As Reflected In His Poems

1. Talk about how and why you decided that you wanted to work on this topic. 2. Talk about Wright’s life and his poems.
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3. Talk about how the thesis is organized -- with these sections: - Wright’s Life as Reflected in His Poems / “Old Home on the Swamp,” “When I Were a Child,” “The Old Mulberry” “Farewell to the Farm”
- Wright’s Family as Reflected in His Poems / “My Questions” In the preface – he acknowledges that he has two parents, but he does not mention any interaction with his mother in his poems. His poems include memories of his interactions with his brothers and father.
- Wright’s Attitudes toward Education as Reflected in His Poems / “The School House on the Hill,” “When I Were a Boy” “Glad to Sleep” “Tuskegee” “Booker T. Washington” “Paul Lawrence Dunbar” “Kelly Miller”
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Ain’t It” “The Old Mulberry” “Wash Day” “A Summer Morning on the Farm” – Dialect “Huntin Possums on the Farm” – Dialect “The First Day of Christmas” then the contrast between “Around the Dead” “ He Was Coming Through” “The Tuneless Whistler”
- Wright’s Views of Morality and Proper Social Attitudes As Reflected In His Poems / “The Dissatisfied Farmer” “Let Down Your Bucket Draw Up and Drink” “Share It” “Push” “The Dollar” “Whiskey” “Main Entrance” “A Fool’s Auto-Biograph” “Some Time” “Fireman of the G.&A”….
- Wright’s Religious Views as Reflected in His Poems / “Truth” “Aim High” “Fair Easter” “Be Thankful” “The Prayer of the Afro-American” “Thinking of the Last Day”
4. Talk ABOUT his views on these various