Poetry Part 2: Writing Poetry 1&2 Medio
When it comes to writing, the best thing you can do to improve your skill is to read. So, if you want to write good poetry you need to be reading and examining poetry.
Stanza: A group of lines that make a verse in a poem. They are usually separated by stanza breaks to break up ideas and verses.
Example:
"It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love—
I and my Annabel Lee—
With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me."
-Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe
The first group of lines is a stanza. Then, there is a stanza breaks between the stanzas and after, another stanza beings again.
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Read these poems. While you read think about the answers to these questions:
- What emotion does this poem make you feel?
- Is the poet trying to tell you a specific message or idea?
- Do they want you to think a certain way about a topic?
- What lines are your favorites?
- What lines make you feel a specific emotion?
- What emotions are those?
- What do you think the meaning of the poem is?
Poetry is meant to bring forth a specific emotion while also conveying a message or idea. What are the emotions and ideas these poems bring forth in your mind?
"In the Desert" by Stephen Crane
“In the desert
I saw a creature,
naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon
the ground,
Held his heart in his
hands,
And ate of it.
I said, “Is it good,
friend?”
“It is
bitter—bitter,” he answered;
“But I like it
“Because it is
bitter,
“And because it is my
heart.”
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"Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou
“You may write me
down in history
With your bitter,
twisted lies,
You may trod me in
the very dirt
But still, like dust,
I'll rise.
Does my sassiness
upset you?
Why are you beset
with gloom?
’Cause I walk like
I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living
room.
Just like moons and
like suns,
With the certainty of
tides,
Just like hopes
springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see
me broken?
Bowed head and
lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling
down like teardrops,
Weakened by my
soulful cries?
Does my haughtiness
offend you?
Don't you take it
awful hard
’Cause I laugh like
I've got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own
backyard.
You may shoot me with
your words,
You may cut me with
your eyes,
You may kill me with
your hatefulness,
But still, like air,
I’ll rise.
Does my sexiness
upset you?
Does it come as a
surprise
That I dance like
I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my
thighs?
Out of the huts of
history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s
rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean,
leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling
I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights
of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak
that’s wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts
that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and
the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.”
Assignment: You must write your own poem. These poems will be GRADED. Rubric (grading guidelines) can be found below. You can write either a free verse poem or a rhyming poem. NO HAIKUS. We already did those.
You must write at least three stanzas or have 12 lines in total in your poem.
This assignment is due Friday, May 1, 2020.
Grading Rubric:
Your poems will be graded for:
- effort (did you put effort and thought into your poem?)
- spelling (do you have any misspelled words?)
- grammar (did you conjugate your verbs correctly?)
- did you follow the rules of three stanzas or 12 lines in your poem?
These are the items that your poems will be graded by. Before turning your poem in, look back over this rubric and make sure you didn't leave anything out! If you need any help, please send me an email or message me in our Whatsapp group!
Our Zoom meetings will be on Friday at 12PM. Our ID is: 108-637-564
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