Discuss the effectiveness of poetry as a mode of expression (using examples from Tennyson, Dickinson, and Whitman) versus the effectiveness of prose (using examples from Dickens and Dostoyevsky).

Discuss the effectiveness of poetry as a mode of expression (using examples from Tennyson, Dickinson, and Whitman) versus the effectiveness of prose (using examples from Dickens and Dostoyevsky). Think in terms of political, psychological, personal, and other forms of expression.