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The Bop

The Bop. It’s almost The Blues. The BOP history. A recent invention, the Bop was created by  Afaa Michael Weaver during a summer retreat of the African American poetry organization  The Bop is a form of poetic argument consisting of three stanzas

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The Bop

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  1. The Bop It’s almost The Blues

  2. The BOP history • A recent invention, the Bop was created by Afaa Michael Weaver during a summer retreat of the African American poetry organization •  The Bop is a form of poetic argument consisting of three stanzas • Each stanza is followed by a repeated line, or refrain, undertaking a different purpose in the overall argument of the poem • This same contextual structure is used in novels and short stories as well. Take the Trojan War, for instance: • Problem: Troy abducts Helen • Expansion: Though the Greeks are angry, Troy is fortified and well armed • Solution: Trojan (actually Greek) Horse

  3. The BOP form • The first stanza (six lines long) states the problem • The second stanza (eight lines long) explores or expands upon the problem. • If there is a resolution to the problem, the third stanza (six lines long) finds it. • If a logical resolution cannot be found, then this final stanza documents the attempt and failure to succeed.

  4. Assignment • Find an example of a poem written in the Bop form • Write your own example of a Bop poem • Bring both in Monday, March 4 to be entered in the grade book (if I don’t receive your work on Monday you will not receive full credit. I must have your poems to preview before the workshop) • Tuesday, March 5, work with your small poetry group, sharing out both your own work and the work you’ve discovered.

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