Crash Course in Poetry

1. Crash Course in Poetry Day #5 Sheltered English I

2. Warm-up: Group Challenge!!! Show off what you know… The first group to complete the tasks correctly – WINS!!! Sheltered English I

3. Terms: • Lyric Poetry - short poem that expresses a personal thought or feeling through a single speaker • Dramatic Poetry - poetry that contains a conversation or dialogue between characters • Narrative Poetry - poetry that tells a story • Ballad - type of narrative poem that is meant to be sung • Folk Ballad - type of ballad with anonymous author • Literary Ballad - type of ballad with acknowledged author Sheltered English I

4. Guided Practice: “The Destruction of Sennacherib”– Lord Byron The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 5 Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, 10 And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride; 15 And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail: And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, 20 The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown. And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord! • What type of poetry is this? How do you know? • Circle all examples of sound devices and label them orrectly. • Underline all examples of figurative language and label them correctly. • Assign a rhyme scheme to the poem by writing it to the right-hand side. • Draw squares around examples of internal rhyme and slant rhyme. Sheltered English I

5. Guided Practice: • “Lord Randal”-Anonymous • “Oh, where have you been, Lord Randal, my son? • Oh, where have you been, my handsome young man?” • “I have been to the wild wood, mother, make my bed soon, • For I'm sick to my heart and I fain would lie down.” • “Where gat ye your dinner, Lord Randal, my son? • Where gat ye your dinner, my handsome young man?” • “I dined with my true love, mother, make my bed soon, • For I'm sick to my heart and I fain would lie down.” • “What gat ye to your dinner, Lord Randal, my son? • What gat ye to your dinner, my handsome young man?” • “I got eels boiled in brew, mother, make my bed soon, • For I'm sick to my heart and I fain would lie down.” • “What's become of your bloodhounds, Lord Randal, my son? • What's become of your bloodhounds, my handsome young man?” • “Oh they swelled and they died, mother, make my bed soon, • For I'm sick to my heart and I fain would lie down.” • “Oh, I fear you are poisoned, Lord Randal, my son • Oh, I fear you are poisoned, my handsome young man.” • “Oh, yes I am poisoned, mother, make my bed soon, • 20 For I'm sick to my heart and I fain would lie down.” • What type of poetry is this? How do you know? • Circle all examples of sound devices and label them correctly. • Underline all examples of figurative language and label them correctly. • Assign a rhyme scheme to the poem by writing it to the right-hand side. • Draw squares around examples of internal rhyme and slant rhyme Sheltered English I

6. Guided Practice: • Listen and follow along to Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem • “The Bells” • What type of poem is this? • How do you know? • What two sound devices are used most often in the poem? Sheltered English I

7. Independent Practice: Listen and follow along to Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem “The Raven” 1) What type of poetry is this? 2) How do you know? 3) Assign a rhyme scheme to stanzas #1 and #2 by writing it to the right- hand side. 4) What is “weak and weary” an example of in line 1? 5) What one word does the raven keep repeating (an example of repetition)? 6) What type of sound device is used in line 26? 7) What kind of rhyme is found in line 43? Sheltered English I

8. Independent Practice: “Slam Dunk and Hook”-Yusef Komunyakaa      Fast breaks. Lay ups. With Mercury's      Insignia on our sneakers,      We outmaneuvered the footwork      Of bad angels. Nothing but a hot    5 Swish of strings like silk      Ten feet out. In the roundhouse      Labyrinth our bodies      Created, we could almost      Last forever, poised in midair   10 Like storybook sea monsters.      A high note hung there      A long second. Off      The rim. We'd corkscrew      Up & dunk balls that exploded   15 The skullcap of hope & good      Intention. Bug-eyed, lanky,      All hands & feet . . . sprung rhythm.      We were metaphysical when girls      Cheered on the sidelines. Sheltered English I

9.   20 Tangled up in a falling,      Muscles were a bright motor      Double-flashing to the metal hoop      Nailed to our oak.      When Sonny Boy's mama died   25 He played nonstop all day, so hard      Our backboard splintered.      Glistening with sweat, we jibed      & rolled the ball off our      Fingertips. Trouble   30 Was there slapping a blackjack      Against an open palm.      Dribble, drive to the inside, feint,      & glide like a sparrow hawk.      Lay ups. Fast breaks.   35 We had moves we didn't know      We had. Our bodies spun      On swivels of bone & faith,      Through a lyric slipknot      Of joy, & we knew we were   40   Beautiful & dangerous. 1) What type of poetry is this? 2) How do you know? 3) Line 1 uses an allusion to mythology. What word creates the allusion? 4) What type of figurative language is found in lines 8-10? 5) What type of figurative language is found in line 21? 6) What type of figurative language is found in line 33? 7) What word in line 5 is considered onomatopoeia? Sheltered English I

10. Homework: • Review terms and notes from today and previous days. Possible quiz tomorrow. • All work due tomorrow. Sheltered English I