Use the links below to view the poems, theyre pretty short. you would only use 2 poems of your choosing. in the first page you will use quotes from the poem relate to walking and write what you think it means and then you will write about your experience walking or taking the subway in NYC. theres an attachment of an example. PLEASE VIEW THE ATTaCHMENT FIRST TO GET AN IDEA

MLA FORMAT

The Technology of walking/riding

Write an essay that includes
– A descriptive account of contemporary walking and/or riding in the city (you are an expert here)
– A critical perspective of the way that your commute is influenced by technology
– An awareness of the special properties of time and motion that are experienced with this method of transit

The Essay will include
– Place contemporary practices of walking in conversation with existing theories ( Baudelaire, Certeau) and poetic treatments (Whitman, Thoreau)
– Cite/Quote at least one (1) existing theory (Baudelaire, Certeau), one (1) poetic treatment (Whitman, Thoreau)

Link to poems.

http://genius.com/Thomas-hardy-faintheart-in-a-railway-train-annotated – Thomas Hardy

http://beforebefore.net/scima200/media/wolfgang-schivelbusch-railroad-space-and-railroad-time-1.pdf from page 33 to 37 only

http://www.bartleby.com/142/260.html – Walt Whitman

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/43845 – Lord Byron

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/47548 – Robert Frost

http://thoreau.eserver.org/walking1.html -Henry David Thoreau

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