Modernist Poet ResearchProject
* Choose an American Modern poet. This project will focus on that poet’s life and their views… and how these thingsrelate to their poetry*
YOU CAN DO THIS PROJECT IN POWERPOINT OR PRINTED FROM YOUR WORD PROCESSING PROGRAM AND Made INTO A BOOK.
Decorate the poem pages (printed or ppt). Clip art, Illustration, etc.
Your Choices: Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), T.S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, D. H. Lawrence, Amy Lowell,and Wallace Stevens
1. Mini-biography (500 words minimum)
* Cover the poet’s life from start to end. Focus on things in their life that would have motivated their writing. If you are doing a powerpoint you can divide your paragraphs by section and put each section on its own slide. (ex. Childhood, College Years, Mental Disorders, etc)
* Include at least one picture of the poet for this part.
* Be sure you use a reference book for most of your information.
2. Three poems and analysis (16+ line poems and 200+ word analyses)
* Choose FOUR poems by your poet. They must be at least 16 lines each. Print these out (or put them on their own slide). Illustrate or include internet images for each of these poems.
* Analyze EACH poem in at least 200 words. Your analysis should discuss effective use of poetic convention (personification, imagery, rhyme, etc.). You also need to discuss the meaning of this poem. Remember your poet bio; remember what motivates your poet to write. Remember what he/she has lived through.
* For two poems, I expect you to acknowledge what a critic has said about this poem and then agree or disagree with their assertion.
3. Your write a poem in the style of your poet.
4. Works Cited (at least three sources, one must be a tangible book)
* You must use parenthetical citation properly throughout!
* MLA format Works Cited page/slide. We will review this, and it’s accessible online, there’s no excuse for an improper Works Cited page!!
**The sequence of this project is this:**
Title page
Poet Biography
Poem 1
-Analysis of Poem 1
Poem 2
-Analysis of Poem 2
Poem 3
-Analysis of Poem 3
Your emulated poem
Works Cited