1. Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth. As for annotating focus: ignore form and pay all of your attention to discerning meaning/theme.
HW due 3/7: Confessional Poems and More
March 4, 2016 By
1. Print, read, and annotate the three poems below:
Two poems by Sylvia Plath:
Lady Lazarus
Daddy
An intro to the Romantics: John Keats
Ode to a Nightingale
2. Confessional Poems due Thursday! 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
3. Group Presentation Dates:
Romanticism March 17 (We have to meet early this week)
Transcendentalism March 24
Imagism March 31
Harlem Renaissance April 7
Feminism April 14
Black Arts Movement April 21
Beat Poetry May 12
Spoken Word May 19
HW due 2/10: Iambic Pentameter and More
February 9, 2016 By
1. Working with your assigned couplet, write one line of iambic pentameter continuing the couplet. Your line must be a thematic continuation of the original.
2. Print, read, and annotate (including scan) the following two poems:
HW due 2/9: Weekend Homework
February 5, 2016 By
1. Fundamentals of Poetry–Be sure you know the highlighted sections of the handout for a quiz on Tuesday!
2. Poetry Journal–Write ten couplets using Iambs throughout! Ensure that your couplets are actually written in iambs. If your verse is truly written in iambs, you should HEAR the rhythm of each line of verse. Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day (classic iambic pentameter) has a clear rhythm because of its meter. So, you should HEAR the rhythm in your couplets. Subject/theme is totally up to you!
3. Print and Scan the following poems:
Death, Be Not Proud by John Donne
Loving in Truth, and Fain in Verse My Love to Show by Sir Philip Sidney
HW due 2/5: Handouts and More
February 4, 2016 By
1. Hello folks! You must have the following printed out and in your Poetry Seminar folder:
All three documents above are critical for a technical understanding of poetry. Be sure to have all three with you Tomorrow. For Monday, READ the handout entitled poetry explications, paying particular attention to the section on meter.
2. Poetry Journal–Write another ten lines of verse… Abandon a literal style and embrace image and figure. So, in the spirit of figures, paint with words…
3. Print out and annotate the following poem:
My Mistress Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun
4. Define poetry (in your own words, of course)
