We read: The Bridegroom by Pushkin.
Write a narrative poem of 10 lines (min.) for Wednesday.
A narrative poem:
1. Tells a story (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion)
2. Includes dialogue
Beneath the narrative write three responses: three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices (include at least 3 in your poem; one hyperbole and one oxymoron), and three sentences about narrative form (or the form you chose to use/adapt if you did not follow the conventional structure). Make sure to include three vocabulary words from Unit 14 either in your poem and/or in your responses.
Monday, June 9, 2014
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Write a couplet for Friday.
A couplet is a pair of lines of meter in poetry. It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter. The poem should be at least 10 lines long and establish a clear end rhyme scheme.
Beneath the poem write three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices (include at least three poetic devices in your poem: ONE MUST BE CONSONANCE AND THE OTHER MUST BE ALLUSION!), and three sentences about the specific form you chose and how the form does or does not follow all of the "rules" of the form. Incorporate at least three vocabulary words from Unit 14.
Beneath the poem write three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices (include at least three poetic devices in your poem: ONE MUST BE CONSONANCE AND THE OTHER MUST BE ALLUSION!), and three sentences about the specific form you chose and how the form does or does not follow all of the "rules" of the form. Incorporate at least three vocabulary words from Unit 14.
Example Couplet:
Choosing The Road of Life
As we travel over
different roads 9
Each deciphering our own
code 8
I believe we will reach an
end 8
Each of us with our secret
blend 8
Every piece of our life
has meaning 9
Some of us have done more
leaning 8
Others become one to lean
on 8
Every one of us would be
strong 8
Else the world will fall
like dominoes 9
like feet that tip without
their toes 8
Reach the road that’s
right for you 7
Not what others say to do
7
Become the sun with light
and power 9
still dependent like the
flower 8
We travel over different
roads 8
each deciphering our own
code 8
Monday, June 2, 2014
Write an Ode for Wednesday.
Ode - a celebratory poem pays homage, respect, or praise to what the poet holds dear, another person, place, abstract idea etc.
Write a 10 line (minimum) ode. Beneath the ode write three responses: three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices (include at least 3 in your poem), and three sentences about ode form (or the form you chose to use/adapt if you did not follow the conventional structure). Make sure to include three vocabulary words from Unit 14 either in your poem and/or in your responses.
Use one example of assonance and one example of alliteration.
Write a 10 line (minimum) ode. Beneath the ode write three responses: three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices (include at least 3 in your poem), and three sentences about ode form (or the form you chose to use/adapt if you did not follow the conventional structure). Make sure to include three vocabulary words from Unit 14 either in your poem and/or in your responses.
Use one example of assonance and one example of alliteration.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Write a concrete poem for Friday.
Concrete poetry or shape poetry is poetry where the physical shape of the poem represents the subject of the poem.
Compose 1 (minimum 10 lines) concrete poem for Friday. Beneath the concrete poem write three responses: three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices BE SPECIFIC (include at least 3 in your poem on poetic device MUST BE ONOMATOPOEIA), and three sentences about concrete form (or the form you chose to use/adapt if you did not follow the conventional structure). Make sure to include and underline three vocabulary words from Unit 14 either in your poem and/or in your responses.
Compose 1 (minimum 10 lines) concrete poem for Friday. Beneath the concrete poem write three responses: three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices BE SPECIFIC (include at least 3 in your poem on poetic device MUST BE ONOMATOPOEIA), and three sentences about concrete form (or the form you chose to use/adapt if you did not follow the conventional structure). Make sure to include and underline three vocabulary words from Unit 14 either in your poem and/or in your responses.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Write a free verse poem on a separate sheet of paper for Wednesday. READ ALL OF THE DIRECTIONS!
Harlem
BY LANGSTON HUGHES
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Langston Hughes, “Harlem” from Collected Poems. Copyright © 1994 by The Estate of Langston Hughes. Reprinted with the permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated.
Free verse is an open form (see Poetry analysis) of poetry that does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech. Although free verse requires no meter, rhyme, or other traditional poetic techniques, a poet can still use them to create some sense of structure. Much pattern and discipline is to be found in free verse: the internal pattern of sounds, the choice of exact words, and the effect of associations give free verse its beauty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_verse
Write a free verse poem of at least 10 lines on the theme of dreams. Beneath the poem write three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices (include at least 3 poetic devices in your poem: ONE MUST BE IMAGERY AND THE OTHER MUST BE ONOMATOPOEIA! You may not use simile, metaphor, personification, symbolism, end rhyme, masculine rhyme, or feminine rhyme as well), and three sentences about the specific form you chose and how the form does or does not follow all of the "rules" of the form. Incorporate at least three vocabulary words from Unit 13/14.
BY LANGSTON HUGHES
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Langston Hughes, “Harlem” from Collected Poems. Copyright © 1994 by The Estate of Langston Hughes. Reprinted with the permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated.
Free verse is an open form (see Poetry analysis) of poetry that does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech. Although free verse requires no meter, rhyme, or other traditional poetic techniques, a poet can still use them to create some sense of structure. Much pattern and discipline is to be found in free verse: the internal pattern of sounds, the choice of exact words, and the effect of associations give free verse its beauty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_verse
Write a free verse poem of at least 10 lines on the theme of dreams. Beneath the poem write three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices (include at least 3 poetic devices in your poem: ONE MUST BE IMAGERY AND THE OTHER MUST BE ONOMATOPOEIA! You may not use simile, metaphor, personification, symbolism, end rhyme, masculine rhyme, or feminine rhyme as well), and three sentences about the specific form you chose and how the form does or does not follow all of the "rules" of the form. Incorporate at least three vocabulary words from Unit 13/14.
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