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14 days!. Warm-Up: How would you define poetry? What makes something a poem?. Pick up ONE of the songs from the front!. reminders. 6-Word Memoir due Monday. Extra Credit CD due Friday, May 23 rd
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Warm-Up:How would you define poetry? What makes something a poem? Pick up ONE of the songs from the front!
reminders • 6-Word Memoir due Monday. • Extra Credit CD due Friday, May 23rd **If you have not turned in your Alas, Babylon today, your name will be turned in to the fine sheet. You need to bring your novel as soon as possible! **
“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”
Dead Poets Society “So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays.”
Poetry • Official definition: literature in rhythmic form • Concentrated, powerful language ~ EVERY word has meaning and significance. • Often about love, heartbreak, or other powerful experiences and emotions. • Poetry is really indefinable a.) It doesn’t have to rhyme b.) It doesn’t have to be short (Just look at the Odyssey!) c.) It doesn’t have to be in stanzas
Poetry Versus Prose • Prose is “normal” text, like in a novel or newspaper. • Poetry is “broken” text, using lines grouped in stanzas • Poetry can break grammatical rules • When reading a poem, stop at punctuation, just like prose. A break at the end of the line doesn’t mean the thought is complete.
Rhyme Scheme • A repeated pattern of end rhymes; usually marked with letters of the alphabet • Example: A flea and a fly in a flue Were caught, so what could they do? Said the fly, "Let us flee." "Let us fly," said the flea. So they flew through a flaw in the flue. A A B B A
Song Lyric Analysis • What do you already know about your musician? Write what you know already on the back of your paper. (3 things) • Does your song have a rhyme scheme? If so, identify it using letters. (ABAB, AABB, etc.) • What is your songs chorus? Write it. What message is the artist trying to communicate here? Why is this message worth repeating? • What poetic devices do you notice? Find 3 you spot and tell the meaning of it. • Why does this song speak to you? Why did you choose it?
Homework Reminders • Read required pages for Book Club #2 on block day! • Legend: Pages 81-157 • The Maze Runner: Chapters 17-33 • The Fault in Our Stars: Chapters 7-13 • Birthmarked: Chapters 8-15 • A Separate Peace: Chapters 5-7 • Vocabulary Workshop Unit 10 due Friday! Study for your LAST vocab quiz!
Warm-Up: Why do you think people are so intimidated by poetry (both reading and writing it)? Why is poetry so much more daunting than writing an essay, for example?
Daddy’s Little Girl From the other side of the world he bought me a “kimono.” It was beautiful; he had one too. In them, we pose, he kneeling and I learning. He holds me as if I were glass: A China doll not to be shattered. His chin to the crown of my head, I am a princess. Around us are the pieces of my parents’ marriage. The Sony television that lasted till this day, The solid, wooden bookcases that still stand, And books on the tables, everywhere. Three years later in the same room My parents sat, faces sober and drawn, On opposite ends of the room. Shelves, television and books between them, A great, yawning distance. My mother took the books, My father stole the bookshelves. My mother bargained for the television. Father fought for the table. And Mother won the children. Erin - Connecticut – 17
Joker You would be surprised To know that the funny man Is also a sad man Like a clown fallen from his stilts. But this is his career Never will the joker feel secure in a serious environment He will keep telling jokes Never will a joker feel secure with his insecurities He will keep telling jokes In the process of getting myself out of a hole A hole I dug for myself A bottomless pit I will die… Like the product of a pun A misunderstanding The saddest joke… A clown lying by his stilts, full of regret. Michael – 16
_____ Just because I love darkness Doesn’t mean I’m depressed Doesn’t mean I can’t love Doesn’t mean I’m blind. Just because I love my Mom Doesn’t mean I’m not a rebel Doesn’t mean I can’t love others Doesn’t mean I’m a mama’s boy. Just because I act psycho Doesn’t mean I need medication Doesn’t mean I can’t be compassionate Doesn’t mean I don’t cry. Marcel – 16
Tupac Shakur • American rapper and promising actor • Raised in Harlem; both parents were members of the Black Panther party. • Sold over 75 million albums • Spent 11 months in prison • September 1996 – killed in a drive by shooting in Vegas • Thought to be a victim of the East Coast – West Coast Hip Hop Rivalry
The Rose that Grew from Concrete Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's law is wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared.
