Part One:

1. Learning to Swim
2. Numbers
3. Ox Cart Man
4. Ozymandias
5. Part for the Whole



Part Two:

Of the five poems listed above, I liked Numbers because I like math. I did not like Ozymandias and Ox Cart Man because they were boring to read. I would choose the poem Numbers. I personally connected with that poem because math is my favorite subject.



Part Three:

I think the two criteria that will be the easiest for me will be physical presence and voice and articulation. I think the two criteria that will be more difficult for me will be dramatic appropriateness and level of difficulty.


Part Four:

I watched Stanley Andrew Jackson recite Writ on the Steps of Puerto Rican Harlem by Gregory Corso and William Farley recite Danse Russe by William Carlos Williams. These are successful performances because they both had good eye contact and body language.


Part Five:

In the competiton, I do not think that I will do very well because I am not very good at reciting things.