Today, we spent the first part of class taking a quiz. (This quiz may not be made up without a documented excuse.) Then, we discussed rhyme schemes, perfect rhymes, and imperfect or slant rhymes. For the last 15 minutes of class, we looked at some excerpts from poems, identifying how rhyme had been used in them.
Tomorrow, we'll begin thinking about poetry in "The Public Life" (See pages 8-11 in Vendler), and also begin thinking about the final group projects and individual papers.
Important Dates: The Final Project
Step One: Get acquainted with your group! (10/30)
Step Two: Decide each group member’s focus within your assigned category: Nature Poetry, Music/Song Lyrics, and Poems Related to Relationships. Submit your choices. (10/31)
Step Three: Identify a set of poems (or songs) that have some commonality (one set per group member). The poems might be written by the same author and/or address the same theme/issue. Bring these poems/songs to your group meeting on 11/12. At this meeting, make a list of similarities and differences for each set of poems/songs. Consider the elements discussed in class : rhyme, meter, line length, word choice (formal/informal, positive/negative connotations, etc.), similes, metaphors, diction, etc. Also, submit a list of your primary sources, in MLA format, on this day.
Step Four: Meet with me (individual conference) to finalize your paper’s thesis statement. Bring your list of similarities and differences, and your poems/songs. Before the conference, consider what you want to say about these poems/songs. Your thesis will indicate the purpose of your comparison. (11/13 or 11/14)
Step Five: Library Day – Library presentation on finding background information related to particular poems, poets, genres, or songs. (11/17)
Step Six: Bring a rough draft of your paper to class (one for each of your group members), so they can provide feedback to you. (11/24)
Step Seven: Submit an almost final draft of your paper on 11/26 (or sooner) I will return these after the Thanksgiving holiday for final editing. Meet with your group member this week to plan the group presentation.
Step Eight: Meet with your group again to finalize your presentation. (12/1)
Step Nine: Give your presentation and submit your final paper. (12/2-12/5)
Step Two: Decide each group member’s focus within your assigned category: Nature Poetry, Music/Song Lyrics, and Poems Related to Relationships. Submit your choices. (10/31)
Step Three: Identify a set of poems (or songs) that have some commonality (one set per group member). The poems might be written by the same author and/or address the same theme/issue. Bring these poems/songs to your group meeting on 11/12. At this meeting, make a list of similarities and differences for each set of poems/songs. Consider the elements discussed in class : rhyme, meter, line length, word choice (formal/informal, positive/negative connotations, etc.), similes, metaphors, diction, etc. Also, submit a list of your primary sources, in MLA format, on this day.
Step Four: Meet with me (individual conference) to finalize your paper’s thesis statement. Bring your list of similarities and differences, and your poems/songs. Before the conference, consider what you want to say about these poems/songs. Your thesis will indicate the purpose of your comparison. (11/13 or 11/14)
Step Five: Library Day – Library presentation on finding background information related to particular poems, poets, genres, or songs. (11/17)
Step Six: Bring a rough draft of your paper to class (one for each of your group members), so they can provide feedback to you. (11/24)
Step Seven: Submit an almost final draft of your paper on 11/26 (or sooner) I will return these after the Thanksgiving holiday for final editing. Meet with your group member this week to plan the group presentation.
Step Eight: Meet with your group again to finalize your presentation. (12/1)
Step Nine: Give your presentation and submit your final paper. (12/2-12/5)
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- Group Project and Final Paper
- The Public Life
- Quiz & Rhyme
- Quiz Monday Oct. 27
- Friday Assignment (No class)
- Rhythm
- Reminder: Journals due Friday, Oct.17 -- or Wedne...
- Groups Projects: Wed., Thurs., Friday and Tuesday
- Nature and Time
- More on Countee Cullen's "Heritage"
- Poems as Arranged Life
- Typicality, Tone, and the Harlem Renaissance
- Alvarez and Atwood
- T.S. Eliot
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About Me
- Amanda Schaefer
- I am a full-time faculty member at Green River Community College. I have worked at the college since June 2000. My office is HSA-50 and my extension is 4250.
Journal Entries - Next submission: #9 - ?
- J1: Response to “Definition of poetry splits the literati”
- J2: Parallels Heaney draws between his father’s profession and his own, as a poet?
- J3: One example of alliteration and one simile in Robert Lowell's "Sailing Home from Rapallo"
- J4: Does the language of “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” draw you in or distance you?
- J5: Choose one (Atwood): Why is the second part of the poem in parenthesis? Is this poem meant to be literal or figurative?
- J6: Identify the tone of either the Whitman or Hughes ("I, Too"), and the words/punctuation that led you to that conclusion.
- J7: Rewrite one paragraph from your returned 1-page analysis, including a topic sentence, adequate support, and analysis.
- J8: What is the crucial moment, experience, or idea captured within Countee Cullen's "Heritage"?
- J9: Louise Erdrich's "I Was Sleeping Where the Black Oaks Move" (Group Presentation)
- J10: Robert Frost's "Birches" (Group Presentation)
- J11: Whitman's "A Noiseless Patient Spider" - What do the last three lines mean?
- J12: What do the lamb and the tyger (in Blake) symbolize in today's world?
- J13: Read your assigned poem a second time, this time writing down thoughts, reactions, questions, and associations that come to mind. Also note any words or parts you don’t understand and underline parts that are particularly moving or powerful to you.
- J14: In your opinion, why has "The Raven" remained so popular? OR What does Sexton mean in "Her Kind" when she says, "I have been her kind."
- J15: Do you consider Harjo’s “Santa Fe” to be poetry? Why or why not?
- J16: What is Eavan Boland saying about history in "That the Science of Cartography is Limited"?
- J17: Revising for Conciseness (in class 12/1)
Interesting Links
- A Writer's Reference
- Anne Sexton - Rare Film Clips
- Anne Sexton reading "Her Kind"
- Countee Cullen Interview
- Easter 1916 NPR Story
- Eavan Boland Interview
- Eavan Boland reads "That the Science of Cartography is Limited"
- Elizabeth Bishop reading "The Fish"
- Emily Dickinson's "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?"
- Frank Bidart Video
- Frost reading "The Road Not Taken"
- Heaney Interview
- Heaney reading "The Tollund Man"
- Iambic Pentameter
- John Greenleaf Whittier - Listen to "The Poor Voter on Election Day"
- John Greenleaf Whittier's "The Poor Voter on Election Day" (text)
- John Greenleaf Whittier's modern-day relevance
- Langston Hughes reads "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
- Langston Hughes' The Weary Blues
- Margaret Atwood reads "This is a Photograph of Me"
- Maya Angelou - Inauguration Day
- Miller Williams Interview
- Miller Williams' "Of History and Hope"
- MLA - Quoting Poetry within a Paper
- More on Frost
- On "Evolution"
- Paul Laurence Dunbar's Legacy of Language (NPR)
- Phillis Wheatley, with notes
- Poetic forms
- Poetry Definitions
- Randall Jarrell - "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner"
- Raven, The - Read by Christopher Walken
- Sassoon's Protest
- T.S.Eliot reading "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
- Tales from the Bog - National Geographic
- The Dying Gaul (in "The Grauballe Man")
- The Harlem Renaissance
- Thesis Statements - UNC
- Writing Effective Paragraphs
- “The Jewish Cemetery at Newport” - Historical Information
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