What This Document Is
This is a final project for an English Composition course (ENGL 1101) at Idaho State University, completed by student Paige Woolstenhulme for Mrs. Green in April 2013. It centers around a personal response to the poem "June 11" by David Lehman.
Why This Document Matters
This assignment is intended for instructors evaluating student work in introductory college writing. It demonstrates a student’s ability to connect with a literary work, analyze its context, and articulate a personal response supported by biographical information about the author. It’s used as a summative assessment of skills developed throughout the course.
Common Limitations or Challenges
This document represents a single student’s interpretation and analysis. It does not offer a comprehensive critical analysis of the poem or the author, nor does it serve as a model for all possible responses.
What This Document Provides
The full document includes: a personal anecdote about first encountering the poem at a writing workshop, reflections on the poem’s themes and imagery, biographical information about David Lehman, the full text of “June 11,” and the student’s overall impression of Lehman’s writing style. This preview only provides a description of the document’s contents and purpose; the full text of the poem and the student’s complete analysis are not included here.