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Poetry Please don’t groan… …yet Overview and Objectives I am soooo smart! What is the point of writing and reading poetry? Or is it only for people like that? What is Poetry? Poetry vs. Prose Rhythm and Meter Imagery Good Vs . Bad Form and Content Do you have what it takes?
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Poetry Please don’t groan… …yet Poetry: A Presentation
Overview and Objectives I am soooo smart! • What is the point of writing and reading poetry? • Or is it only for people like that? Poetry: A Presentation
What is Poetry? Poetry vs. Prose Rhythm and Meter Imagery Poetry: A Presentation
Good Vs. Bad • Form and Content • Do you have what it takes? Poetry: A Presentation
Creating Poetry • Authors • Audiences • Contexts Poetry: A Presentation
Let me explain… (No, no time. Let me sum up!) • Genres • Movements • Forms Poetry: A Presentation
Anglo-Saxon and Middle English Alliteration Types Simple Themes Poetry: A Presentation
Sonnets • Renaissance Origins • Two Types • Love Poetry: A Presentation
Romantic • Lyrical • Individualism • Nature Poetry: A Presentation
Humorous • Epigrams • Limericks • Satire Poetry: A Presentation
Modern • The Time Period • Existential • Narrowed focus Poetry: A Presentation
And so we return… So wait… what am I supposed to be doing? • Why we read poetry • Why we write poetry • Its purpose and use in society • More information Poetry: A Presentation
Finis Poetry: A Presentation