Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Wallace Stevens - 13 Way of Looking at a...

Please write a poem in the style of Wallace Stevens' poem 13 Ways of Looking at a Black Bird.

Choose an object to be used symbolically.
Choose a significant #.
Write a poem draft.
Label the draft as draft #1.
Turn in when you complete the draft.

Homework: please read Carl Sandburg, Vachel Lindsey, Wallace Stevens in 101 Great American Poems. (Pages 53-60) That's all. Just read. As you read THINK about imagery, meter, diction, tone, sound, structure, line. (I.E. everything we've discussed so far about poetry).

Complete the journal exercise started on 11/19.

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