Jan 16 - ASSESSMENT FOR POETRY

Due: FEB 2

Task: Choice of two:

write own poem + rationale (300words) TECHNIQUES & WHY, no longer than 35 lines, 40 max, min 4 lines, audio rec

video recorded

voiceover of reading of poem in list

cannot be poems studied in class

read poem BUT must be with visuals (EDITEDIN)

+300word rationale how images support/reflect techniques used by author

Eg.

THe night sky cried and howled

in my video, i shouldhave an image of a stormy night

in my rationale, i should explain how the stromy night reflects the imagrey used by the poet

dream deferred

alliteration

Poem made up of stanza

Harlem - mainly black suburb in NYC

denotation - put on hold

stanza 2- series of answers to prev question, connected with OR

connotations - nonliteral ideas

“fester” connotes disease