PDF-Poems by Don Thackrey

Funereal Meditation He mourns his friends and kinfolk as they die But grieving he canx2019t help but feel relieved That sins known only by these dead will lie In graves where they can never be r. Suddenly. as the riot squad moved in, it was . raining. exclamation marks,. Nuts, bolts, nails, car-keys. . . A fount of broken type. . And the. explosion.. Itself - an . asterisk. on the map. This hyphenated line, a burst. Directions: . 1. Carefully . re-read the prose text you have chosen, and look for 50–100 words that stand out in the prose passage. Highlight or underline details, words and phrases that you find particularly powerful, moving, or interesting. Note especially examples that reflect your loving feelings or loving feelings of the subject of the prose text. . To understand the . role of poems in world war one. Why were poems important?. During the war the men had very few ways to express their feelings about what life was like that could be recorded and sent home. Many wrote letters about their experiences but some of the most famous and well-remembered stories of what life was like at war came from poems that the men wrote in their spare time. . English 220. Winter . 2013. History of Shakespeare’s Sonnets. First published as a collection: 1609. Earliest evidence of their existence: 1598 . m. entioned in . Wit’s Treasury. Unauthorized publication of 138 and 144: 1599. A Sullivan and Costa Production. “Two Lovers And A Beachcomber By The Real Sea”. “Mad Girl’s Love Song”. “Cinderella”. “Contusion”. Who is Sylvia Plath?. Born on October 27. th. , 1932 in Boston, MA. /POETRY. Land of the “little black book”. PROSE. 7. . minute maximum. Use small black binder. Must come from copyrighted, printed, and published material. Material must come from sources OTHER THAN plays and poetry. Found Poems. Found poems.  are poems composed from words and phrases found in another text.. You can create these found poems from nearly anything if you can be creative and inspired.. Found Poems. Using the handout, review the different found poems that were created using the same text. . William Blake. Songs of Innocence. : “Holy Thursday,” p.69. Songs of Experience. : “Holy Thursday,” p.73. Songs of Experience. : “The Sick Rose,” p.73. Songs of Experience. : “The . Tyger. :. 1. . Content. – What they are about.. 2. The. ideas . in the poems – what the . . poet is saying.. 3. The . mood and atmosphere . of . . the poem.. 4. How they are written – . . 2012. Lines. Stanzas. Rhyme. Rhythm. Alliteration. Simile. Metaphor. Mood. Onomatopoeia. Couplets. Personification. Poetry Terms. Lines- Poets write in lines instead . of . sentences. Stanza- Groups of lines in . ―. A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. . – . Robert Frost . ―…the best words in the best . order. . – . Samuel Taylor Coleridge . ―Poetry is the most direct and simple means of expressing . Do Now: Which version of “The Chimney Sweeper” did you like better? . Explain your choice in 2-3 sentences!. Comparing and Contrasting . When comparing and contrasting two poems, it is important to start asking questions!. : TLW review parts of speech – including nouns, verbs, and adjectives by creating a diamante poem using the RWT app, Diamante Poems. . Diamantes are poems that are written using a recipe. A diamante consists of seven lines, arranged in the diamond shape, with specific types of words in each line:. Who is Langston Hughes and how does his poetry impact people, society, and the world?. “I swear to the Lord/ I still can’t see/ Why Democracy means/ Everybody but me.”. Langston Hughes – The Black Man Speaks.