Poetry Group Work - What Willis is talking about



Name: _________________________________________1. On your own, devise and record a definition of poetry. Consider: What makes a poem a poem? Does a poem have a certain look, length, feel, purpose?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. Read the following poems and create a list of observations about them:52139853895725Observations about the poem:1. imagery2. lines / stanzas3. rhyme4. form (free or fixed)5. punctuation6. language7. syntax00Observations about the poem:1. imagery2. lines / stanzas3. rhyme4. form (free or fixed)5. punctuation6. language7. syntax“The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williamsso much dependsupona red wheelbarrowglazed with rainwaterbeside the whitechickens.5223510723900Observations about the poem:1. imagery2. lines / stanzas3. rhyme4. form (free or fixed)5. punctuation6. language (style AND figurative)7. syntax00Observations about the poem:1. imagery2. lines / stanzas3. rhyme4. form (free or fixed)5. punctuation6. language (style AND figurative)7. syntax“When You Are Old” by W.B. YeatsWhen you are old and grey and full of sleep,And nodding by the fire, take down this book,And slowly read, and dream of the soft lookYour eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;How many loved your moments of glad grace,And loved your beauty with love false or true,But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,And loved the sorrows of your changing face;And bending down beside the glowing bars,Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fledAnd paced upon the mountains overheadAnd hid his face amid a crowd of stars.3. What common features can you find that both poems share?4. Review the pictures in the folder. Choose one picture and follow the directions below:a. Write your descriptive sentence. b. What imagery did you use in your sentence? c. What other figurative language did you include? d. Are there any other poem-like qualities in your sentence? e. Is your sentence a poem? Why, why not, or how could it be so? f. Rewrite your sentence as a poem on the back of this sheet.READ THE FOLLOWING DEFINTION OF POETRY TAKEN FROM WIKIPEDIA:Poetry (from the Greek "πο?ησι?", poiesis, a "making" or "creating") is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. Poetry may be written independently, as discrete poems, or may occur in conjunction with other arts, as in poetic drama, hymns or lyrics.Poetry, and discussions of it, has a long history. Early attempts to define poetry, such as Aristotle's Poetics, focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song and comedy. Later attempts concentrated on features such as repetition and rhyme, and emphasized the aesthetics which distinguish poetry from prose. From the mid-20th century, poetry has sometimes been more loosely defined as a fundamental creative act using language.Poetry often uses particular forms and conventions to expand the literal meaning of the words, or to evoke emotional or sensual responses. Devices such as assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia and rhythm are sometimes used to achieve musical or incantatory effects. Poetry's use of ambiguity, symbolism, irony and other stylistic elements of poetic diction often leaves a poem open to multiple interpretations. Similarly, metaphor and simile create a resonance between otherwise disparate images—a layering of meanings, forming connections previously not perceived. Kindred forms of resonance may exist, between individual verses, in their patterns of rhyme or rhythm.Some forms of poetry are specific to particular cultures and genres, responding to the characteristics of the language in which the poet writes. While readers accustomed to identifying poetry with Dante, Goethe, Mickiewicz and Rumi may think of it as being written in rhyming lines and regular meter, there are traditions, such as those of Du Fu and Beowulf, that use other approaches to achieve rhythm and euphony. In today's globalized world, poets often borrow styles, techniques and forms from diverse cultures and languages5. After reading Wikipedia’s definition of poetry, revisit your definition. What omissions did your definition have? What did the Wikipedia’s definition forget? Which definition is more thorough? Revisit your original definition and refine it below:Definition of Poetry: ................
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