From your homework, just a note about the difference between PROSE and POETRY.
PROSE is written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.
POETRY is written or spoken language that is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style, word choice, and rhythm or meter.
Poetry, then, is the careful placement of words on a page to illicit a response from its audience. It is unlike normal, everyday writing or speech in that it is ARRANGED. Poetry that does not use meter or a patterned rhythm is what we call FREE VERSE. Most contemporary poetry is written in free verse. Most poems from the 19th century or before are written in metrical verse.
Writing Activity: Write a new poem draft. Your poem should be anywhere between 6-20 lines. Choose a topic or subject and write for 15 minutes. By the end of this exercise, you should have a new poem written. This is a first draft. Don't panic if you are unhappy with your poem. Today, take 15 minutes, and write...
Print out your drafts when you are done with them and turn them into the "in box" by my desk.
Then:
SOUND in POETRY:
Please watch the following video/poems. As you watch please take notes on the index card about what you notice about the SOUND and meter in the poem.
After reading Mary Oliver's discussion about SOUND, please look at the following links (you may use your headphones). For each, try to notice sound imagery, rhythm and cadence. On the back of your index card (see above), please identify some of the sound devices you noticed working in these poems. Turn in your index card for participation credit at the end of class today.
Poems to listen to:
Completely done? What's the next assignment? Try writing a poem using a variety of sound techniques. Theme, structure, length, and subject is all up to you. This assignment should be titled: Sound Poetry (draft #1).
PROSE is written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.
POETRY is written or spoken language that is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style, word choice, and rhythm or meter.
Poetry, then, is the careful placement of words on a page to illicit a response from its audience. It is unlike normal, everyday writing or speech in that it is ARRANGED. Poetry that does not use meter or a patterned rhythm is what we call FREE VERSE. Most contemporary poetry is written in free verse. Most poems from the 19th century or before are written in metrical verse.
Writing Activity: Write a new poem draft. Your poem should be anywhere between 6-20 lines. Choose a topic or subject and write for 15 minutes. By the end of this exercise, you should have a new poem written. This is a first draft. Don't panic if you are unhappy with your poem. Today, take 15 minutes, and write...
Print out your drafts when you are done with them and turn them into the "in box" by my desk.
Then:
SOUND in POETRY:
Please watch the following video/poems. As you watch please take notes on the index card about what you notice about the SOUND and meter in the poem.
- Robert Frost: The Sound of Trees
- Robert Frost: Nothing Gold Can Stay
- Robert Frost: Acquainted with the Night
- Edgar Allan Poe: The Bells
- Theodore Geisel: Green Eggs & Ham
After reading Mary Oliver's discussion about SOUND, please look at the following links (you may use your headphones). For each, try to notice sound imagery, rhythm and cadence. On the back of your index card (see above), please identify some of the sound devices you noticed working in these poems. Turn in your index card for participation credit at the end of class today.
Poems to listen to:
Completely done? What's the next assignment? Try writing a poem using a variety of sound techniques. Theme, structure, length, and subject is all up to you. This assignment should be titled: Sound Poetry (draft #1).
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