Escapades Through British Literature
Follow on Twitter! (@dr_harrold)
  • Home
  • Senior Speeches
    • Senior Speeches 2022 Pd 1
    • Senior Speeches 2022 Pd 2
    • Senior Speeches 2022 Pd 3
    • Senior Speeches 2022 Pd 5
    • Senior Speeches 2022 Pd 6
    • Senior Speeches 2022 Pd 7
    • Senior Speeches 2021 Pd 1
    • Senior Speeches 2021 Pd 3
    • Senior Speeches 2021 Pd 5
    • Senior Speeches 2021 Pd 6
    • Senior Speeches 2021 Pd 7
    • Senior Speeches 2020 Pd 1
    • Senior Speeches 2020 Pd 3
    • Senior Speeches 2020 Pd 2
    • Senior Speeches 2020 Pd 5
    • Senior Speeches 2020 Pd 6
    • Senior Speeches 2020 Pd 8
    • Senior Speeches 2019 Pd 1
    • Senior Speeches 2019 Pd 2
    • Senior Speeches 2019 Pd 7
    • Senior Speeches 2019 Pd 8
    • Sr Speeches 2018-Pd 3
    • Sr Speeches 2018-Pd 5
    • Sr Speeches 2018-Pd 6
    • Sr Speeches 2018-Pd 8
    • Pd 4 Speeches 2017
    • Pd 7 Speeches 2017
    • Pd 8 Speeches 2017
    • Pd 1 Speeches 2016
    • Pd 2 Speeches 2016
    • Pd 5 Speeches 2016
    • Pd 7 Speeches 2016
  • CP 12
    • Unit 0: Digital Citizenship
    • Unit 1: Brave New World
    • Unit 2: Gods and Monsters
    • Unit 3: Twists and Tales
    • Unit 4: The Fountain and the Sword >
      • King Arthur Videos (2018)
      • King Arthur Videos (2017)
      • King Arthur Videos (2016)
      • King Arthur Group Projects (2015)
      • King Arthur Group Projects (2014)
      • King Arthur Readings
    • Unit 5: The Witch King
    • Unit 6: Journalists and Satirists
    • Unit 7: Research
    • Unit 8: Wilde's World
    • Legacy Pages >
      • Course Details
      • College Application Essay >
        • Biography Presentation
      • Beowulf >
        • Beowulf Introduction Webquest
        • Multi-Paragraph Essay
        • Beowulf Readings
      • The Canterbury Tales
      • King Arthur >
        • King Arthur Final Project
        • Indiana Jones Activity
      • The Hobbit >
        • Hobbit Readings
      • Renaissance Poetry
      • Macbeth >
        • Macbeth Readings
        • Macbeth Videos >
          • Act 1
          • Act 2
          • Act 3
          • Act 4
          • Act 5
        • Multi-Paragraph Essay
      • Research Project 12 >
        • Book Selections 2013
      • Restoration >
        • Satire
        • Web Tools
      • Romantic Period Poetry
      • Importance of Being Earnest
      • Senior Speech
  • Core 12
    • Be True to Your School
    • Beowulf
    • King Arthur
    • Catcher in the Rye >
      • Catcher in the Rye Readings
    • Values Paper
    • Macbeth
    • Short Stories >
      • Kaffir Boy
    • Research Project
    • And Then There Were None >
      • And Then There Were None Readings
    • Vocabulary 12
  • English 11
    • QUEST 1: Raisin in the Sun
    • QUEST 2: Catcher in the Rye
    • QUEST 3: Perks of Being a Wallflower
    • QUEST 4: The Great Gatsby
    • Quest 5: To Kill a Mockingbird >
      • Words of Wisdom
      • Mob Mentality LessonPaths
    • Quest 6: The Crucible
  • English 10
    • Course Details
    • War Horse
    • Night >
      • Night Readings
      • Multi-Paragraph Essay
      • Schindler's List Activity
      • Orpah Interview
      • Farewell To Manzanar
    • Short Readings
    • Satire Speech >
      • Good and Bad Speeches
    • Copper Sun >
      • Copper Sun Book
      • Socratic Seminars
    • Lesson Before Dying >
      • Lesson Before Dying Readings
    • Short Stories >
      • Harrison Bergeron
      • How Much Land Does a Man Need?
      • On The Rainy River
    • Poetry
    • Career Research
    • Lord of the Flies >
      • Lord of the Flies Readings
      • Lord of the Flies Paper
    • Research Project 10
    • Julius Caesar >
      • Julius Caesar Videos >
        • Act 1
        • Act 2
        • Act 3
        • Act 4
        • Act 5
      • Propaganda >
        • Dueling Speeches
        • Advertising
      • Julius Caesar Paper
      • Julius Caesar Readings
    • Antigone >
      • Antigone Readings
      • In-Class Essay
    • Vocabulary 10
    • Study Island
  • Contact Me
  • EBL
  • External Links
    • 3D Game Lab
    • Google Drive
    • Textbook
    • Gamification >
      • PETEC

What is Poetry

Picture
Poetry is many things to many people.

Some love it, some hate it.  Some don't understand it.  Some understand it, and hate it.  Some don't understand it and love it.

And some people just like to listen.

There are many forms of poetry, many definitions of poetry and many poems about poems.  This unit will not be able to handle all of them, but hopefully it will give you a taste into this unique world of poetry.


Dead Poet's Society

This movie, starring Robin Williams as energetic professor Keating, is a great look into the power and importance of Poetry.   We will watch and discuss these poems in class.


Poems

These Poems can all be found in your textbook.  Handouts will be posted as we study the each group of poems.  

Mother to Son 

Here we will look at Langston Hughes, the Harlem Renaissance, and extended metaphors
Mother to Son
File Size: 28 kb
File Type: doc
Download File


George Gray and Loveliest of Trees

George Gray/Loveliest of Trees
File Size: 34 kb
File Type: doc
Download File


Sonnets 18 and XXX

Here we will examine the sonnet form of poetry.  We will learn how to unravel the poems to find their real meaning
"Every magic trick (and sonnet) has three parts, or acts...."    -Michael Cain
Sonnet 18 and 30
File Size: 35 kb
File Type: doc
Download File

Write Your Own Sonnet
File Size: 33 kb
File Type: doc
Download File


Walt Whitman

Here we will examine the works of Walt Whitman, an American icon
Picture
Picture
Astronomer and Artilleryman
File Size: 38 kb
File Type: doc
Download File

Group Questions
File Size: 33 kb
File Type: doc
Download File


Robert Frost

Here we will examine the works of Robert Frost, arguably the most American of all poets
Picture
Picture
Robert Frost Poems
File Size: 33 kb
File Type: doc
Download File

Content and Site Design by: Dr. Daniel Harrold
 Baldwin High School English Dept.