Poetic Elements Exam Review

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Poetry Journal #11: Poem Describing an Exciting Moment

Write a poem that describes one particular moment of excitement, using imagery, alliteration, and other poetic devices to make your reader experience that excitement with you.

Poetry Journal #10: Personification or Hyperbole

Write a poem using hyperbole or personification, or both.

Take-Home Quiz: Literary Analysis of a Poem

On binder paper:  Literary Analysis of a Poem Using SOAPSTone:

“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

(Hint:  This poem is an extended implied metaphor for something.)

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear, Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I marked the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost

Poetry Journal #9: Where I'm From Poem

Write a "Where I'm From" Poem like the one we composed in class that has an original title and at least four stanzas and at least 16 lines. Start by making lists:  things you see in your room, your home, your neighborhood, things you hear, things you eat, family members, ancestors, advice your family gives you, demands people make of you, music that surrounds you.  Remember to end the poem with a stanza that summarizes your message as a poet, and remember that this poem is all about giving your reader an impression of who you are and what has shaped you.

Literary Analysis of a Poem Using SOAPSTONE

Link to Introductory PowerPoint on SOAPSTONE

Poetry Journal #8: Extended Implied Metaphor Poem

Write a poem that includes an extended implied metaphor comparing one thing to another without directly stating it.  My suggestion is to choose a natural phenomenon and either compare it to something else, or compare something to a natural phenomenon.  Some natural phenomenon include:  tornado, hurricane, earthquake, volcano, snow, lighting, thunder, clouds, etc.  Some students examples:  Lightning is a snake.  Mankind is a cancer. 

At least 7 lines organized however you'd like.  Here's an example:



FOG
by: Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)

HE fog comes

on little cat feet.

 

It sits looking

over harbor and city

on silent haunches

and then moves on.

Poetry Journal # 7: Extended Metaphor for Family

Using the poems from class about families (as extended metaphors) as an example, write your OWN poem containing an extended metaphor for family.  7 lines or MORE.

Poetry Journal #6: Simile Poem

Take any emotion and write a poem as outlined below:

A.  (Your chosen emtotion) is (a color).
B.  It sounds like _____________________________.
C.  It tastes like ______________________________.
D.  It smells like ______________________________.
E.  (Your same chose emotion) feels like ___________________________.