February is the perfect time for a poetry unit, especially if the poem is about love. Our first poem analysis will be about love - it is hard to define, isn't it? At least, E. E. Cummins has given it a try.
Here are some links for extending your understanding of our first poem:
love is more thicker than forget
prez love-is-more-thicker-than-forget/
Your poetry project portfolio guidelines and Overview/Essay Specs are attached - follow the link: (Due Date is Thurs, Feb. 22, 2018)
American Poetry Portfolio Guidelines
Poetry Project Overview & Compare/Contrast Essay
Here is an overview:
#1 Choose a theme for your poetry portfolio (a book of your own poetry and poetry analysis).
You should choose a one-word theme that you can live with for the next few weeks of the project. Ideas: “Sports”, “Nature”, “Love”, “Friendship”, etc.
#2 Find two poems, written by two different published authors from two different time periods that fit your theme (plus two other poems of your choice)
Write the theme you choose at the top of journal entry #1 (Semester II) in your spiral notebook.
#3 Create two pattern poems on your theme (plus two other poems in another style).
You may use any pattern poem style found in your notes (like a diamante). These poems should be about the theme you chose for your portfolio. Use at least 3 different literary devices
Review the PowerPoint Introduction to Poetry, your spiral notebook journal #1 for key terms, our Blue Lit Book p 227, or one of the reliable poetry resources below to help you with poetry analysis.
poetryoutloud.org
Poetry Foundation
http://www.poemhunter.com/
Poets to choose from:
Romantic (1780-1900)/Transcendental Poets (1860-1900)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Walt Whitman Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Oliver Wendell Holmes John Greenleaf Whittier William Cullen Bryant
Edgar Allen Poe Paul Lawrence Dunbar Emily Dickenson
Robert Frost Stephen Crane
Modernist (1890-1950)
Gertrude Stein T.S. Eliot Wallace Stevens
Carl Sandburg Marianne Moore Langston Hughes
Ezra Pound Hilda Doolittle E.E. Cummings
Post-Modern (1945-1960)/contemporary Poets (current day)
Rita Dove Anne Sexton Sharon Olds
Allen Ginsberg Randall Jarrell Lawrence Ferlenghetti
William Stafford Alice Walker Robert Hayden
James Dickey Edna St. Vincent Millay Stanley Kunitz
Billy Collins Gwendolyn Brooks Etheridge Knight
Shel Silverstein (There are so many others, but this will get you started.)
Note: If you are choosing to compete in Poetry Out Loud, both of your poems must come from the website: http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/find-poems
Reminder:
Use the following links to find the information you need. Do not go onto a search engine and attempt to do your own research. These sites are reliable and useful; point and click.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/
