1. Letters to a Young Poet–We will discuss the first two letters tomorrow, so be sure to have your copy on hand. Read the fourth letter for Tuesday!
2. Duino Elegies(This word doc includes the complete Duino Elegies)–Print, read, and annotate the First Elegy for tomorrow. We will read Elegies 2 and 3 for Tuesday!
HW12G due 4/17: Duino Elegies
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HW12G due 3/31: Stella and Astrophil
March 27, 2015 By
1. Stella and Astrophil by Philip Sidney–Elizabethan homework!
2. Elizabethan Poem (Original)–Your poem should reflect the characteristics/themes of Elizabethan poetry.
- First Draft–Wednesday, 4/1
- Final Draft–Thursday, 4/2
3. Letters to a Young Poet (FINALLY) We will begin reading over the break!
*All other groups are expected to meet with me at least one week before the day of presentation! Pay attention to your presentation date!
HW12G due 3/5: To the Virgins and Poetry Writing Workshop
March 4, 2015 By
1. Writing Workshop–An exercise in fresh imagery and tropes! Using your artifact for visual, emotional, spiritual inspiration, you are to write a minimum of 14 lines of verse. Stanzaic shape is up to you! Attention to rhyme and/or meter will be left to your discretion. I am interested in fresh image and trope! So, to best of your ability, bring the emotional, spiritual, visual essence of your artifact and its accompanying memories to life.
2. To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick–Annotate closely, paying attention to how the nuances of the poem work independently and in concert to make meaning.
3. If you did not post your poetry explication on the forum, please do so by midnight tonight.
HW12G due 3/3: Explication Prep Continued
February 27, 2015 By
1. Print out, read, and annotate the following two poems:
On Turning Ten by Billy Collins
Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle Received from a Friend Called Felicity by John Tobias
THEN, apply the list of explication questions (just as you did for Claude McKay’s poem). Which questions are relevant to each poem? Then, answer those questions. Once done, you should have three poems prepped for explication. These poems set the tone/theme for our next original piece…more to come!
2. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Rilke–We will begin reading this text next week so be sure to have it by next week.
HW12G due 2/13: Lady Lazarus and a Tercet
February 12, 2015 By
1. Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath–Read and annotate! (Print out of course)
2. Villanelle Tercet–Write the first tercet of your villanelle! BUT, first you must decide on the subject for your villanelle. Then…the tercet! The first tercet may just be the most important as two of the three lines of verse are repeated throughout the villanelle. Remember, the rhyme scheme! Also, choose a number of syllables per line of verse and stick to that number throughout your villanelle. So, choose wisely; in choosing, think about how you want the poem to sound. The villanelle and confessional poem that you write over the break will be the first two poems in your poetry portfolio.
3. Over the break, please purchase Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Rilke
