Methods of Reading LANG 2035
Autumn 2025

Assessment 1: Short Answer

Due: 7th April 2025, by 11.59pm
Weighting: 20%
Length: 500 words (in total)

Instructions:

-Write a 250-word response to each of the below questions,
-Your responses should be your own work and written in your own words;
-You are being assessed on your skills in close reading, textual analysis, and effectively answering the set question;
-While you are not required to cite any secondary material, your responses should demonstrate that you have listened to the Weeks 2-4 lectures and read all of the essential reading material for those weeks;
-You should include short quotations from the relevant poem to support your claims and ideas,
-Ensure that you cite your sources in MLA or Chicago (Humanities) style. Information about Referencing and Citation can be found in the relevant 'Guidance Pod' on the
VUWS site;
-Use 12 paint font and double space your text.

Write a 250-word response to each of the following questions (500 words in total):
1. Discuss two examples of figurative language that express the theme of maternal ambivalence in the poem 'Morning Song'.
2. The poem 'Lady Lazarus' explores ideas of theatricality, voyeurism and performance. Identify two examples of this in the poem and explain how they relate to the poem's critique of patriarchy.