What is Poetry
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.
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 |
George Gray and Loveliest of Trees
| George Gray/Loveliest of Trees |
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 |
| Write Your Own Sonnet |
Walt Whitman
Here we will examine the works of Walt Whitman, an American icon
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| Astronomer and Artilleryman |
| Group Questions |
Robert Frost
Here we will examine the works of Robert Frost, arguably the most American of all poets
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| Robert Frost Poems |