1. ELA POETRY PROJECT ASSIGNED: 2/2/15 DUE: 2/17/15

2. RUBRIC 1. EACH POEM MUST HAVE AT LEAST 8 LINES 2. EACH POEM MUST HAVE AT LEAST TWO EXAMPLES OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: SIMILE, METAPHOR, HYPERBOLE, PERSONIFICATION, & IDIOM 3. YOU MUST IDENTIFY ALL EXAMPLES OF SIMILE, METAPHOR, HYPERBOLE, PERSONIFICATION, & IDIOM IN EACH POEM 4. YOU MUST HAVE AT A TOTAL OF 10 POEMS: 8 POEMS WRITTEN BY OTHER POETS, AND 2 POEMS WRITTEN BY YOU 5. YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST 4 DIFFERENT POETS (NOT INCLUDING YOURSELF) IN YOUR SAMPLES 6. YOU MUST WRITE A SUMMARY FOR EACH POEM, AND YOUR SUMMARY MAY NOT EXCEED 10 LINES 7. YOU MUST HAVE A COVER (WITH FULL HEADING & TITLE OF PROJECT) 8. YOU MUST HAVE A TABLE OF CONTENTS – PAGE #, POEM TITLE, AND POET

3. SAMPLE POEM “ALL THAT GLITTERS” – BY BANCHS SHE LOOKS ABOUT AND WONDERS WHY THAT ALL SHE SEES IS NOT MADE OF GOLD FOR GOLD IS THE LEAST SHE IS WORTH BUT NONE CAN MUSTER HER PRICE FROM FAR OFF LANDS ONE COMES TO PAY BUT SHE DOES NOT REALIZE WHAT HE IS BUT A BRIDE HE WANTS, SO THE PRICE IS MATCHED TOO BAD FOR HER SHE WILL NEVER COLLECT

4. “A WISE OLD OWL” BY EDWARD HERSEY RICHARDS A WISE OLD OWL SAT ON AN OAK, THE MORE HE SAW THE LESS HE SPOKE; THE LESS HE SPOKE THE MORE HE HEARD; WHY AREN’T WE LIKE THAT WISE OLD BIRD? ANALYSIS: IN EDWARD HERSEY RICHARD’S “A WISE OLD OWL”, THE POET USES THE OWL AS A SYMBOL FOR WISDOM AND ASKS THE READER TO FOLLOW THE OWL’S EXAMPLE. WE ARE TO LOOK MORE, SPEAK LESS, AND LISTEN WITH ALL OUR FOCUS, “THE MORE HE SAW THE LESS HE SPOKE, THE LESS HE SPOKE THE MORE HE HEARD.” HERSEY IS TELLING US TO LOOK AND LISTEN TO EACH OTHER MORE, AND THAT WILL KEEP US FROM TALKING ABOUT UNIMPORTANT THINGS.

5. QUATRAIN “SEASONS” BY BANCHS (2/11/15) THE SEASONS FLY WHEN WE ARE YOUNG A (IDIOM & PERSONIFICATION) LIKE LIGHTING THEY FLASH BEFORE THE EYE B (SIMILE) FLEETING, YET FULL, THE YEARS TROT ON C (PERSONIFICATION) ABRUPTLY SPRING SAYS GOODBYE B (PERSONIFICATION) ON COMES SUMMER, OUR ADULTNESS PLAIN A THEN FALL ITSELF IS SURPRISED BY ITS DISPLAY OF GRAY B (PERSONIFICATION) BUT WINTER ITSELF, HALTINGLY COMES, NOT WANTING C (PERSONIFICATION) BUT NEEDING TO FULFIL THE CYCLE D (PERSONIFICATION/EXTENDED METAPHOR) IDIOM SIMILE PERSONIFICATION EXTENED METAPHOR

6. CINQUAIN POEM LINE 1 – 1WORD (NOUN/SUBJECT OF POEM) LINE 2 – 2 WORDS (ADJECTIVES THAT DESCRIBE LINE 1) LINE 3 – 3 WORDS (ACTION VERBS THAT RELATE TO LINE 1) LINE 4 – 4 WORDS (FEELINGS OR A COMPLETE SENTENCE THAT RELATES TO LINE 1 LINE 5 – 1 WORD (SYNONYM OF LINE 1 OR A WORD THAT SUMS UP POEM’S SENTIMENT) EXAMPLE POEM TRIANGLES POINTY EDGES REVOLVING, ROTATING, ANGLING TRIANGLES ARE ALL DIFFERENT. 180°

7. ANALYSIS – “SEASONS” IN THE POEM “SEASONS”, THE POET USES THE EXTENDED METAPHOR OF THE FOUR SEASONS TO SYMBOLIZE THE FOUR PHASES OF HUMAN LIFE: BIRTH/YOUTH, ADULTHOOD, MIDDLE AGE, AND ADVANCED AGE/DEATH. “THE SEASONS FLY WHEN WE ARE YOUNG” PERSONIFIES HOW QUICKLY LIFE PASSES, THEN THE POET USES THE ENTIRE FIRST STANZA TO DISCUSS OUR YOUTH, BUT ONLY FOUR LINES TO DISCUSS THE LAST THREE PHASES; THIS SYMBOLIZES HOW WE FEEL OUR YOUTH TAKES FOREVER TO REACH ADULTHOOD, BUT HOW QUICKLY ADULTHOOD PASSES THROUGH ITS THREE PHASES. IN THE FINAL TWO LINES OF THE POEM, THE POET EXPRESSES HOW WE FEEL AS WE APPROACH THE LAST PHASE OF LIFE, WHICH IS THE INEVITABILITY OF DEATH, “NOT WANTING BUT FULFILLING THE CYCLE,” IS THE POET’S WARNING FOR US TO APPRECIATE THE GIFT THAT LIFE IS, WHILE WE STILL HAVE IT.

8. HAIKU “THE BREEZE” – BY MR. BANCHS (2/16/15) THE NORTH WIND BLOWS IN PROMISING CALAMITY DIG IN NEW ENGLAND WARNING: TO USE A HAIKU IN YOUR POETRY PROJECT, YOU MUST HAVE A CYCLE OF THREE HAIKU, SINCE ENTRIES MUST BE AT LEAST EIGHT LINES.

9. CONCRETE POEM EXAMPLES