Monthly Archives: May 2012

For your final poetry assignment, I want you to write just one more poem and gather all that you have written into a portfolio. The portfolio will include: a cover page with an appropriate picture, title, your name and date. simile … Continue reading →

How to Write a Bio Poem   Line 1:  First Name Line 2:  Four descriptive traits (adjectives) Line 3:  Sibling of . .. Line 4:  Lover of Line 5:  Who fears . . . Line 6:  Who needs . . … Continue reading →

A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as.  The writer simply states that one thing is something else or implies the comparison. Examples: A babies laughter is a precious gift. Failure is … Continue reading →

A sonnet contains 14 lines, arraigned with 8 lines in the rhyming patter of a b b a, a b b a, and six lines of c d c d c d .  Scholars believe the form originally came from Italian and … Continue reading →

“We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks Read Aloud – ask yourself when should you pause and why /  what words to stress and why / how do the white spaces affect this poem? We will listen to this poem aloud. … Continue reading →

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Focus Question:  What poetic devices do poets use?  Answer:  they use figurative language like:  imagery, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, allusion Poems with figurative language: “My Papa’s Waltz” by Thedore Roethke “Young” by Anne Sexton “In Memoriam” by Lord Alfred Tennyson … Continue reading →

Focus Question – how do poets express themes of self and identity? “I’m Alive, I Believe in Everything” by Lesley Choyce  http://judithpordon.tripod.com/poetry/choyce_im_alive_i_believe_in_everything.html “On Turning Ten” by Billy Collins http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-turning-ten/ “Self-Portrait at 28” by David Berman  http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/self-portrait-at-28/ “Heredity” by Thomas Hardy http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/heredity-2/ “Conceit” … Continue reading →

Personification is language that gives human characteristics to inanimate objects or ideas.   The raindrops kissed my face. The road beckoned me to follow. My mother’s quilt hugged me with her love.   Complete each of the following with an … Continue reading →