“Wild Nights- Wild Nights” /1861     
Emily Dickinson

Wild nights - Wild nights!
Were I with thee
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!

Futile - the winds -
To a Heart in port -
Done with the Compass -
Done with the Chart!

Rowing in Eden -
Ah - the Sea!
Might I but moor - tonight -
In thee!

“Wild Nights is Calling” /1971                             
Van Morrison

As you brush your shoes, stand before the mirror
And you comb your hair, grab your coat and hat
And you walk the streets trying to remember
All the wild nights breezes in your memory ever

And everything looks so complete
When you're walking out on the streets
And the wind, it catches your feet
Sets you flying, crying

Ooh wee, a wild night, is calling, alright
Ooh wee, wild night, is calling

All the girls walk by, dressed up for each other
And the boys, do the boogie woogie
On the corner of the street
And the people passing by, stare in wild wonder
And inside the jukebox roars just like thunder

And everything looks so complete
When you're walking out on the streets
And the wind, it catches your feet
Sets you flying, crying

Ooh ooh ooh wee, wild night, is calling, alright
Ooh ooh ooh wee, wild night, is calling, alright

Wild night, is calling
The wild night is calling
C'mon out and dance, c'mon out and make romance
C'mon out and dance, c'mon out make romance

Wild night, is calling
The wild night is calling
C'mon out and dance, c'mon out and make romance
C'mon out and dance, c'mon out make romance

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Songwriters: Van Morrison
Wild Night Is Calling lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

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What thematic commonalities do you find in this pairing? What critical lens can be applied to the works?

1. Create a five (+) sentence academic paragraph with a brief discussion of the relationship between the supplied material.

2. Topic sentence will declare the lens you will use as commentary about the relationship.
               (When examing the Sylvia Plath poem "Mirror" with the self-portrait by Frida Kahlo
               "Dos Fridas" a _____ lens can be used.)

3. What defense can you use to explain the common theme?
     How does this connect back to the lens?
               (Both works utilize a common theme of _____ by the manner they —)

4. Conclude with a statement of your most important observation about the pairing.

Do not conduct outside research. This exercise is based on your personal observations.