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Mrs. Lutze’s Poetry Unit

Mrs. Lutze’s Poetry Unit. Combining Poetry and Song. What is Poetry?. Group Activity-Read your section of the “What is Poetry” handout and share with the class the most poignant part Listen while I read “What is Poetry?” by T.S.Eliot Respond Listen while I read “What is a Poet” Respond.

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Mrs. Lutze’s Poetry Unit

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  1. Mrs. Lutze’s Poetry Unit Combining Poetry and Song

  2. What is Poetry? • Group Activity-Read your section of the “What is Poetry” handout and share with the class the most poignant part • Listen while I read “What is Poetry?” by T.S.Eliot • Respond • Listen while I read “What is a Poet” • Respond

  3. “Good Day Sunshine” • The Beatles: • Listen while reading the lyrics • What are the feelings portrayed in the lyrics and the song? • How do we know? • Respond in your journal. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL7YxIxHepI

  4. Do You Remember What a Simile is? • Cut out the cue card-golden pages-simile • Write two original examples of a simile on the cue card. • Who is Langston Hughes? • http://www.biography.com/people/langston-hughes-9346313#synopsis&awesm=~oEJESLzUbwiG6I • Read and analyze “Dream Deferred”

  5. What is Personification? • Review the meaning of Personification-find your cue card-gold pages and write down two original examples. • Jimi Hendrix-Who is he? • http://www.biography.com/people/jimi-hendrix-9334756#awesm=~oEJG0wwmW3zjTW • “The Wind Cries Mary” • Listen and highlight the examples of personification on the lyrics page. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pomuC6QP3Vs • Group Activity-Look for Personification and Imagery iin the song-Share with the class

  6. What is Catharsis • Write definition on your empty cue card sheet. Write down Evelyn Lau’s poem as an example and select one of your choice. • Greek-katharsis-purification. • Aristotle-ancient philosopher was the first to use it-he felt that tragic drama allowed audience to feel the effect of relief of emotional pain. • Psychiatry-alleviation of fear and problems by bringing them into the conscious mind.

  7. http://natalieglasgow.blogspot.ca/ Guess the Metaphors????????????

  8. Evelyn Lau Vancouver Based Author Author of: “The Quiet Room”

  9. What is Metaphor? • Write two examples on your golden cue card. • What is “MOOD”?-Write two examples on cue card. • Read and analyze “The Quiet Room” Evelyn Lau. • Bio: http://www.oolichan.com/author-evelyn-lau • “The Quiet Room”: • http://mspendergast.weebly.com/uploads/1/7/1/6/17164236/the_quiet_room.pdf

  10. Can you hear the rhythm?

  11. What is Rhythm? • What is “RHYTHM”? Write definition on empty cue card sheet- Rhythm refers to the pattern of sounds made by varying the stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem. • How is RHYTHM used in Lau’s poem? • Who are The Police? http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-police/biography • Listen to “King of Pain” highlight use of metaphor in the song • Discuss use of rhythm in the song with a partner. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3l0kpl5tA4 • LYRICS • http://www.metrolyrics.com/printlyric/king-of-pain-lyrics-sting.html

  12. What is Symbolism? • Write the meaning on your golden cue card. • What are the symbols in the song “King of Pain”? • Who is the speaker talking to? • Who is Robert Frost? http://www.biography.com/people/robert-frost-20796091#awesm=~oEPYVDdFybIDCg • Read Robert Frost Poem “Aquainted with the Night” • http://spartan.ac.brocku.ca/~dvivian/public_html/3F61%20docs/3F61%20poems.pdf • Choose one word in the poem that you think is most significant-share with the class. • Journal Entry-why do you think so many artists discuss and portray pain and loneliness in their art form? Why do you think people can relate to it?

  13. A Simple Love Song • LYRICS • http://www.metrolyrics.com/all-my-loving-lyrics-beatles.html • Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWvurnpKjE4&feature=kp

  14. What is a Sonnet? • IAMBIC PETAMETER: Cue Card • Cue Card: A fourteen line poem written in Iambic Pentameter. Different kinds of sonnets have different rhyme schemes. • Internal Rhyme: cue card • Literal Language: cue card

  15. Elizabeth Barrett Browning Biography Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most prominent English poets of the Victorian era. Her poetry was widely popular in both Britain and the United States during her lifetime.  Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850)

  16. The Clasped Hands Sculpture • Clasped Hands of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning • Harriet Goodhue Hosmer(1830–1908) Clasped Hands of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning Harriet Goodhue Hosmer(1830–1908)

  17. “How Do I Love Thee” • http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/how-do-i-love-thee-sonnet-43 • Respond to Lizzy’s idea of love in your journal.

  18. Introducing Shakespeare

  19. “All of Me”John Legend • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518WB1IcjPI

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