Representations of Reality

Roberts on Character

This is chapter 3 in the 11th edition.

Fitzgerald, ''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'' (1920)

Online at http://jerz.setonhill.edu/resources/texts/fitzgerald_fs_bbhh/

Oral Interpretation

A spoken performance. Poetry is meant for the ear, and part of the pleasure of poetry is hearing poetry spoken aloud in such a manner that the speaker's voice (and facial expressions, gestures, even costumes and props, if you like) convey the poem's emotional core.