WRITING POETRY
LEARNING TARGET : You will be examining different genres of poetry this week. After each day you will be able to communicate what characteristics each genre possesses and begin to write your own poems, which abide by the characteristics and also make use of different poetic devices and your own poetic style and personal experience.
POETRY WRITING WEEK Monday: Intro to Ms. McKee ‘How to Live’ (Didactic poem)- characteristics, samples and personal writing. Tuesday: Elegy poems – bit morbid, slightly depressing. Wednesday: Ode poems- celebratory, not depressing!! Thursday: Polishing and Editing your poems and choosing your best one which you will be annotating and writing an analytical essay about. Friday: Reading and IRP Day
DIDACTIC POEMS
HOW TO LIVE= DIDACTIC POETRY Didactic: intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry. the art or science of teaching. Characteristics: Moral lesson- what is right or good Advice: What is the best way to live based on your life experiences or what you hope/should do. Free Verse Declarative, commanding Don’t be afraid to get specific. Strong Ending Potential Poetic Devices: repetition, allusion, imagery, hyperbole 4 stanzas, 4 lines each- minimum of 16 lines
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. /watch?v=ePbKGoIGAXY
ARTICLE AND POEM EXERCISE
HELPING TO GET STARTED… Consider what is most important to you in your life right now and what you wish to do in the future. What is the best advice you could give to someone? LIFE LESSONS Make a list of things that you sincerely enjoy doing on a daily/weekly basis things that other people have done for you that you’ve appreciated. events that have changed your life things that you are hoping to do things that you wish you did more of… regrets that you hope others would avoid.
ELEGY POEMS
Elegy: a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead. : a sad or mournful musical composition. Characteristics: First person Subject: typically an individual, but it can be anything that has passed away, no longer with us. The poet associates the events of the deceased with events in his own life by drawing a subtle comparison. Rhymes are often incorporated due to their origin as musical laments, but are not mandatory. Poetic Devices: metaphor, simile, imagery, hyperbole Access those emotions! (hyperbole) 3 STAGES OF GRIEF= 3 stanzas of the poem (see next couple slides) Min: 3 stanzas, 12 lines
3 STAGES OF GRIEF O Captain, My Captain Heart pouring sadness Lament Hold the dead up on a pedestal Exclaim their virtues and strengths. Idealistic Praise of the dead Offering comfort Accepting what has happened. Solace and acceptance
Do not stand at my grave and weep: I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain.
ODE POEMS
Ode: a poem in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or respect for someone or something Characteristics: Must be directed toward someone/thing specific as though you were speaking to them. “O___________” Thesaurus friendly Must praise different qualities of that one thing. Dynamic! Repeating lines Regular rhyme scheme- although no strict patterns. (abab) (abc) (abba) Formal tone: It takes the praise and celebration very serious Poetic Devices: hyperbole, metaphor, simile, rhyme, repetition 14 lines long
When Sunrays crown thy pine clad hills, And Summer spreads her hand, When silvern voices tune thy rills, We love thee smiling land, We love thee, we love thee We love thee, smiling land. When spreads thy cloak of shimm'ring white, At Winter's stern command, Thro' shortened day and starlit night, We love thee, frozen land, We love thee, we love thee, We love thee, frozen land.
Phase One: Person Place Thing Phase Two: What are their characteristics? physical and otherwise Mom: loving, supportive, courageous Ottawa: dynamic, walkable, relaxing Phase Three: Feelings??? How does this thing/person make you feel? You can use good and bad at this point. Phase Four: What do you want your message to be about this person/thing? What would be your conclusion/take away? (This can help with a repeating line in your poem)