Welcome to the Poetry Unit Page!
"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility” - William Wordsworth
BalladsA ballad is a narrative poem originally composed to be sung. There are two different types of ballads - folk ballad and literary ballad. In class, we took notes on the distinguishing features of both types of ballads. We looked at the three following poems in class as examples of ballads:
· “The Sailor By the Sea” by Lonnie Adrift · “Crazy Jane” by Matthew Gregory Lewis · “We Are Seven” by William Wordsworth Homework - March 8th, 2012 To the left, you will find attached these three poems as well as the homework for the next poetry class. Read the homework carefully and enjoy the readings! |
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SonnetsThe PowerPoint to the right will provide a summary of one of the most celebrated forms of poetry, the sonnet. Please read through the entire PowerPoint, including all the poems.
Homework For - May 4th, 2012 After reading the sonnets, decipher the meaning of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 (included in the PowerPoint). Following your analysis of this sonnet, please repeat the process for the poem "Do Not Go Gentle into the Good Night" from your poetry text on page 56.
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Homework due Friday, 18 May.
Read the 3 documents to the left - characteristics of a dramatic monologue, dramatic monologues_ulysses, and how to analyze poetry.
Answer all the parts of the 'how to analyze poetry' doc and then write a half page minimum, double spaced analysis of the 'Ulysses'. |
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Two Poems to analyze
Use the 'how to analyze poetry' doc to analyze these poems.
Consider the persona, the tone, imagery. |
morning_in_the_burned_house.docx | |
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File Type: | docx |
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Order of Presentation of Monologues
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