WALT WHITMAN (Part 2)

WALT WHITMAN (Part 2)

WALT WHITMAN (Part 2). Reading Song of Myself in the 1882 version, we are not seeing the same poem as readers saw in 1855. As you can see on pages 2095-2138, that poem not only lacked the title by which we now call it, it also lacked any of the stanza.

Shakespeare S Sonnets Powerpoint Project

Shakespeare S Sonnets Powerpoint Project

Shakespeare s Sonnets PowerPoint Project. You will be working on a visual presentation of your sonnet in small groups. We will have two periods in the 1020 lab to work on these presentations. You can see an example of what I m looking for on my website.

World Lit. Spring 2014

World Lit. Spring 2014

Sonnet Review. World Lit. Spring 2014. Form of Poem: Petrarchan (Italian). Structural Characteristics : Octave & Sestet. Theme or subject : Love. What is a different variation of the theme : Desire. What is the question : n/a. What is the problem : Laura loved someone else & she has is now aging.

Comparing the Poems of the Harlem Renaissance

Comparing the Poems of the Harlem Renaissance

Comparing the Poems of the Harlem Renaissance. Harlem Renaissance is the name given to the period from the end of World War I and through the middle of the 1930s Depression, during which a group of talented African-American writers produced a sizable.

Teaching Tu Fu on the Night Shift

Teaching Tu Fu on the Night Shift

This Is Heyen Speaking. In This Is Yeats Speaking, Charles Olson amps his fury against the mandarins who caged Pound by stealing Ben Bulben s thunder. Magisterial as Olson was six-foot-eight not counting ghostly mantle he hardly lacked brass; yet he styled.

Introduction to Sonnets

Introduction to Sonnets

Introduction to Sonnets. Sonnets are short poems that adhere to a strict yet basic structure. All sonnets. are written in iambic pentameter (10 syllables per line, 5 of which are stressed). follow a set rhyme scheme or pattern.

English 10: Literary Terms for Poetry

English 10: Literary Terms for Poetry

ENGLISH 10: POETRY PACKET. There are a number of ways to discuss poetry, and there are many ways to approach writing poetry. To aid you in your poetry-writing quest, do use this booklet as a guide. Here is a brief table of contents.

What Is Poetry? Poetry Is Language at Its Most Distilled and Most Powerful. Rita Dove

What Is Poetry? Poetry Is Language at Its Most Distilled and Most Powerful. Rita Dove

What is poetry? Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful. Rita Dove. Why do we bother to read and write poetry? To have great poets there must be great audiences too. Walt Whitman.

Community Based Mural Program (Pilot Program)

Community Based Mural Program (Pilot Program)

2013-2015 Tacoma Poet Laureate Call to Artists. CALL TO ARTISTS. 2013-2015 Tacoma Poet LaureateDeadline: March 8, 2013. The Tacoma Arts Commission announces the fifthannual Tacoma Poet Laureate competition, the winner of which will be named Tacoma Poet Laureate for 2013-2015.

Guessing the Sonnet Form Activity

Guessing the Sonnet Form Activity

Guessing the Sonnet Form Activity. Directions: Read the poem below. Write the rhyme scheme out to the side to figure out which sonnet form this poem is written in. When you have written your response and noted the rhyme scheme, answer the questions on the back. Part I: Sonnet Form and Rhyme Scheme.

How Do Poets Convey Meaning?

How Do Poets Convey Meaning?

Catullus unit. How do poets convey meaning? Students will translate selected poems of Catullus and read them for narrative and literary value. a)Test, with limited choice in short answers, but no choice in translation, grammar, or poetic terminology. (everyone). CSFootnotes; Recipe for Disaster.

Santa Barbara Poet Laureate

Santa Barbara Poet Laureate

Arts Advisory Committee. Arts Commission Post Office Box 2369 Santa Barbara, CA 93120. SANTA BARBARA POET LAUREATE. Guidelines for Nominations. Statement of Purpose. The City of Santa Barbara is seeking nominations for the position of Santa Barbara Poet.

Antecedent Scenario: What Has Been Happening Before the Poem Begins

Antecedent Scenario: What Has Been Happening Before the Poem Begins

Intro to Poetry Analysis Exploring a PoemMB Ferrell AP Literature and Composition. Adapted from Poems, Poets, Poetry: An Introduction and Anthology, Second Edition, 2002. Helen Vendler, Bedford St. Martin. Other observations?

Oral Presentation and Report

Oral Presentation and Report

Oral Presentation and Report. This assignment will require you to choose a poet and poem from the list below and give a 6-8 minute presentation. There are 2 essential parts to the presentation.

Comparison and Close Reading of the Passionate Shepherd to His Love and the Nymph S Reply

Comparison and Close Reading of the Passionate Shepherd to His Love and the Nymph S Reply

Comparison and close reading of The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and The Nymph s Reply. by Marlowe and Raleigh. Pastoral poetry: poems which show country life in aidealized way. Carpe diem poetry: poems which show the ideals of carpe diem, seize the day.

The Most Liberating Response to the Problem Was

The Most Liberating Response to the Problem Was

HUMANITIES: This passage is adapted from A Poem of One s Own, an essay by Mary Jo Salter in which she discusses feminist literary critics recent reappraisal of women s writing. The essay was taken from Audiences and Intentions: A Book of Arguments ( 1994.