1. Reading–Read and annotate Plath’s Daddy.
2. Confessional Poems are now due on Thursday!
Due 3/6: Sylvia Plath and More
March 3, 2017 By
1. Reading–Mad Girl’s Love Song and Lady Lazarus by Plath.
2. (Due 3/8) Confessional Poem–Confessional Poetry–The linked reading is quite brief, yet gives us a sense of the nature of confessional poetry.
Requirements:
- Honest and Authentic
- Free verse is fine
- You must use stanzaic form
- Pay attention to sound as you write
- You must employ “painterly language” and literary devices (i.e. vivid imagery, metaphor, symbolism, motifs, etc)
- Write from the inside out
Heading (UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER):
Name
Poetry Seminar
Date
3. Confessional Poem
3. Self-Interrogation–Be sure to have your 5 questions in class Monday.
Due 3/2: 45 Mercy Street
March 1, 2017 By
1. Reading–Read and annotate 45 Mercy Street.
2. All competing groups tomorrow…BE PREPARED! STOKED! WHO’S WITH ME?…
3. Self-Interrogation–Please have a total of 5 questions by tomorrow.
Due 3/1: Sexton and Rilke
February 28, 2017 By
1. Reading–Read and annotate The Double Image and Her Kind by Anne Sexton and read letter four from Letters to a Young Poet.
Due 2/7: Sonnets and Reading
February 6, 2017 By
1. Writing–final drafts of sonnets.
They must be typed (times new roman or arial, font size 12) with the following heading in the upper left hand corner:
Your Name
Poetry Seminar
Date
1. Sonnet
Title is optional!
The basic requirements of a traditional sonnet are the following:
- 14 lines
- iambic pentameter
- rhyme scheme:
- Shakespearean: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
2. Reading–Read To the Virgins to Make of Time by Robert Herrick and the following sections:
- Verse Forms (17)
- Devices of Sound (18-20)
You must bring all readings (annotated) to class the next day.
