Form Inspiration

Recitations:

AM: Marisa, Anthony, Zach

PM: Reuben, Eric, Conor, Jake

Starter 16:

Poem that works backwards and forwards: Lost Generation

What do you notice about this poem?

What unique thing could you do to the form of your poem to emphasize your perspective?

Review List of Forms

Pulled from this website: http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/197

1. Sonnet (different types)
2. Sestina (6 stanzas of 6 lines each, complex system of repetition of words)
3. Villanelle (Do Not Go Gentle…)
4. Free Verse (any poem without meter and rhyme structure)
5. Spoken Word (Taylor Mali, Saul Williams, Kelly Zen-Tsai)
6. Modernist (ee cummings, Cohen, poets who break rules)
7. Ode (poem in praise of something, Neruda, Yeats)
8. Found Poem (William Burroughs)
9. Elegy (poem mourning the loss of something)
10. The Bop (poem that explores a problem)
11. Haiku (5-7-5, could do a series)
12. Beat Poetry (Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti)
13. Acrostic Poem
14. Forward/Reverse (Lost Generation)

Project Work Time

Poetry Revision

Process Journal 2

Conferences with Lori (REQUIRED if I haven't see your poem yet!)

Study for Quiz

Poetry Process Journal 2

Part 1: Form Inspiration:  Find a specific poem that you are using for your form inspiration (that shapes HOW your poem is written)

1. ID all poetic devices used in that poem (just list them)
2. Choose at least three poetic devices/techniques from your form inspiration that you want to emulate.
3. For each device:
1. Explain WHY you’re drawn to that device…what do you like about how that device is used in your inspiration?
2. Explain how that device will help you to develop the message and perspective of your poem.

Revision challenge:

Rewrite a chunk of your poem (at least 5 lines, preferably more!) in a completely different form. (Examples:  If you are doing spoken word, do a sonnet, if your poem is formal, try to write like ee cummings, if it’s formal, write like spoken word, etc.  You could also pick a specific form from the list above to attempt.)

Process/Next Steps:

What is your next step in the process?   Why?  (Brainstorming, peer critique, research, writing, including poetic devices, working on the specific form, starting over, working with a teacher or tutor, learning after-effects, illustrating your poem…other?)

HOMEWORK

1. Poem Draft 2 and Process Journal 2:  PRINTED at start of class, Monday.
2. Study for QUIZ on Tuesday (poetic devices definitions and examples)