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THE ART OF THE POEM

THE ART OF THE POEM. Essential Question:. How do poets express themes of self and identity? How do poets express themes of human and physical nature?. Focus Questions:. What is poetry? What is a poem? What strategies can we use to understand poetry?

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THE ART OF THE POEM

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  1. THE ART OF THE POEM

  2. Essential Question: • How do poets express themes of self and identity? • How do poets express themes of human and physical nature?

  3. Focus Questions: • What is poetry? • What is a poem? • What strategies can we use to understand poetry? • How does diction help reader’s experience poetry? • What is the significance of a poem’s cultural and historical context?

  4. Your goals are to be better able to: • read, discuss, and appreciate a variety of poems • analyze poems and identify different poetic forms and devices • compare, contrast, and evaluate poetry • understand the cultural and historical context of poems/poets • create original poetry using various forms, devices, and models

  5. What are the big ideas? • Poetry can be interpreted in many ways • Poets make deliberate and thoughtful decisions about style, tone, rhythm, structure, and word choice • Poetry can take many forms • Poetry is about the use of carefully chosen language and punctuation • Poetry is an important valued literary genre

  6. Complete this sentence: All poetry has ____________.

  7. Annotation: • Underline or circle important words (surprise, imagery, confuse) • Write your thoughts/conclusions in the margin • Write a short summary at the end • Write a question: huh? Who? why? What? • Comment on a word or phrase: Exactly! Awful! So true!

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