7. what is poetry? “good day sunshine” do you remember what a simile is?
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7Mrs. Lutze’s Poetry Unit
Combining Poetry and Song
What is Poetry?
Group Activity-Read your section of the “What is Poetry” handout and share with the class the most poignant part
Listen while I read “What is Poetry?” by T.S.Eliot
Respond
Listen while I read “What is a Poet”
Respond
“Good Day Sunshine”
The Beatles:
Listen while reading the lyrics
What are the feelings portrayed in the lyrics and the song?
How do we know?
Respond in your journal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL7YxIxHepI
Do You Remember What a Simile is?
Cut out the cue card-golden pages-simile
Write two original examples of a simile on the cue card.
Who is Langston Hughes?
http://www.biography.com/people/langston-hughes-9346313#synopsis&awesm=~oEJESLzUbwiG6I
Read and analyze “Dream Deferred”
What is Personification? Review the meaning of Personification-find
your cue card-gold pages and write down two original examples.
Jimi Hendrix-Who is he?
http://www.biography.com/people/jimi-hendrix-9334756#awesm=~oEJG0wwmW3zjTW
“The Wind Cries Mary”
Listen and highlight the examples of personification on the lyrics page.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pomuC6QP3Vs
Group Activity-Look for Personification and Imagery iin the song-Share with the class
What is Catharsis Write definition on your empty cue card
sheet. Write down Evelyn Lau’s poem as an example and select one of your choice.
Greek-katharsis-purification.
Aristotle-ancient philosopher was the first to use it-he felt that tragic drama allowed audience to feel the effect of relief of emotional pain.
Psychiatry-alleviation of fear and problems by bringing them into the conscious mind.
http://natalieglasgow.blogspot.ca/Guess the Metaphors????????????
Evelyn Lau
Click icon to add pictureVancouver
Based Author
Author of:
“The Quiet
Room”
What is Metaphor? Write two examples on your golden cue
card.
What is “MOOD”?-Write two examples on cue card.
Read and analyze “The Quiet Room” Evelyn Lau.
Bio: http://www.oolichan.com/author-evelyn-lau
“The Quiet Room”:
http://mspendergast.weebly.com/uploads/1/7/1/6/17164236/the_quiet_room.pdf
Can you hear the rhythm?
What is Rhythm? What is “RHYTHM”? Write definition on empty cue
card sheet- Rhythm refers to the pattern of sounds made by varying the stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
How is RHYTHM used in Lau’s poem?
Who are The Police? http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-police/biography
Listen to “King of Pain” highlight use of metaphor in the song
Discuss use of rhythm in the song with a partner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3l0kpl5tA4
LYRICS
http://www.metrolyrics.com/printlyric/king-of-pain-lyrics-sting.html
What is Symbolism? Write the meaning on your golden cue card.
What are the symbols in the song “King of Pain”?
Who is the speaker talking to?
Who is Robert Frost? http://www.biography.com/people/robert-frost-20796091#awesm=~oEPYVDdFybIDCg
Read Robert Frost Poem “Aquainted with the Night”
http://spartan.ac.brocku.ca/~dvivian/public_html/3F61%20docs/3F61%20poems.pdf
Choose one word in the poem that you think is most significant-share with the class.
Journal Entry-why do you think so many artists discuss and portray pain and loneliness in their art form? Why do you think people can relate to it?
A Simple Love Song LYRICS
http://www.metrolyrics.com/all-my-loving-lyrics-beatles.html
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWvurnpKjE4&feature=kp
What is a Sonnet?
IAMBIC PETAMETER: Cue Card
Cue Card: A fourteen line poem written in Iambic Pentameter. Different kinds of sonnets have different rhyme schemes.
Internal Rhyme: cue card
Literal Language: cue card
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Biography
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most prominent English poets of the Victorian era. Her poetry was widely popular in both Britain and the United States during her lifetime.
Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850)
The Clasped Hands Sculpture
Clasped Hands of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1830–1908)
Clasped Hands of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1830–1908)
“How Do I Love Thee”
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/how-do-i-love-thee-sonnet-43
Respond to Lizzy’s idea of love in your journal.
Introducing Shakespeare
“All of Me”John Legend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518WB1IcjPI
