Good evening :)
For Tuesday, please read ch. 14 on voice, tone, and sound. Here are a few extra poems for you.
Let's start with Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky":
"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Dark Night" is Dylan Thomas' villanelle:
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Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art" is another villanelle:
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Are you familiar with Gwendolyn Brooks' "We Real Cool":
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I really do want to get to Coleman Barks' translation of Rumi's "What Was Said to the Rose"
Today's extra poems follow. Emily Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for Death" is here: http://www.poets.org/
Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" is here:
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Here are a few questions for you:
-- What has it been like for you to listen to poetry as well as to read it?
-- Choose one of our poets whom we've discussed in class--or whom we haven't. How would you characterize his/her voice?
-- What are the elements of voice?
-- Compare formal poetry and free verse. Which do you prefer? Why?
-- Choose two poems whose theme is death. How does each develop this theme? How are the poems similar? How are they different?
-- Choose two poems whose theme is the poet's relationship with his/her parents. How does each develop this theme? How are the poems similar? How are they different?
-- Choose two poems with another theme. What is this theme? Why?
-- "Jabberwocky" is a "nonsense" poem. How does it hold together as a poem? Which poem would you pair it with? Why?
-- Some have commented that Dylan Thomas' poetry is more sound than sense. What do you think? Why?
-- Compare "We Real Cool" to Gwendolyn Brooks' other poems that we've read. How is this poem different? How is it similar?
-- Coleman Barks' reading of "What Was Said To the Rose" is a little different from most. What do you like about it? What do you not like? Why? What does the music add to his performance?
-- Choose one of the poems we did not discuss in class. What does it add to your understanding of poetry? Which other poem would you pair it with? Why?
-- Choose one of the poems we discussed in class. What does it add to your understanding of poetry? Which other poem would you pair it with? Why?
Have a great weekend, and see you in class on Tuesday! Feel free to bring water or Gatorade to class.
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