On Tuesday, we will have an extended writing period to work on the Whitmanesque Songs that are due with your final portfolio on June 10. Ms. Galland is in charge.
Up till now, we have let Whitman be the model for these poems. But poets are influenced by more than one great writer. In this exercise, I'd like you to choose one or two additional poets to mimic and experiment with.
Please go through this poetry packet over the weekend and choose/print out one or two poems from it to study and mimic closely. Then on Tuesday, please be prepared to work for an extended period during class, using reference points and approaches from the poem:
imagery
line length
punctuation
sound patterns (e.g., alliteration, consonance)
rhyme schemes (if it is a rhymed poem)
stanza length
repetition of phrases or lines
rhetoric devices, if they exist (e.g., anaphora, epistrophe, chiasmus)
meter (overall pattern if it is a metered poem, or any lines of specific, deliberate meter in an otherwise unmetered poem--NOTE: the use of meter in an unmetered poem is distinguished by one or more full lines of a sustained pattern)
Up till now, we have let Whitman be the model for these poems. But poets are influenced by more than one great writer. In this exercise, I'd like you to choose one or two additional poets to mimic and experiment with.
Please go through this poetry packet over the weekend and choose/print out one or two poems from it to study and mimic closely. Then on Tuesday, please be prepared to work for an extended period during class, using reference points and approaches from the poem:
imagery
line length
punctuation
sound patterns (e.g., alliteration, consonance)
rhyme schemes (if it is a rhymed poem)
stanza length
repetition of phrases or lines
rhetoric devices, if they exist (e.g., anaphora, epistrophe, chiasmus)
meter (overall pattern if it is a metered poem, or any lines of specific, deliberate meter in an otherwise unmetered poem--NOTE: the use of meter in an unmetered poem is distinguished by one or more full lines of a sustained pattern)
Leave your journals in class so I can check your work on Wednesday. Email me if you have any questions: lisaschamess@gmail.com
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