Poetry/Music Assignment

So, um, yeah… Poetry! I know that trying to read poetry and stuff is hard and that it’s even harder when that poetry is from a long time ago. So, close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Think of something nice, a favorite song perhaps. Remember the words, the lyrics that you can’t help but sing along with in the car. Feel better? A little dizzy? Oh, yes, exhale! There you go. You are about to embark on an exploration of things you think you already understand. Maybe you’ll get to expose us to something that we’ve not encountered before. Maybe you’ll accidentally learn something too. You have several jobs to do…

1. Learn and really understand what our 17 poetry terms mean and how they are used.
2. Demonstrate this understanding by finding an example of each one in action in some form of published work, be it a poem, novel, essay, article, speech, script, or song of your choice. You can pull all of your examples from a single work, 17 separate works, or mix and match, but ALL of your examples must be clearly cited and explained so that I can look them up and discern that you actually know what you’re talking about.

For Example (Yes, your responses need to be this specific and complete):

Meter: The following is an example of William Shakespeare’s use of meter from his play Romeo and Juliet. Much of this work, including these lines, is written in blank verse, which means unrhymed iambic pentameter. We know that this is its metrical form because there are five metrical feet, each consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable:
1 2 3 4 5
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
1 2 3 4 5
It is the East and Juliet is the sun.

3. Read and really understand what our 13 poetry questions are asking of you.
4. Demonstrate this understanding by answering each of these questions about a published work, be it a poem, novel, essay, article, speech, script, or song of your choice. These can be, but needn’t be the same works you used for job 2. Note: If you’re smart, you’ll think about the next question before answering this one so that you might strategize your efforts.
5. Find ONE published work, be it a poem, novel, essay, article, speech, script, or song of your choice that yields interesting responses to FIVE of our 13 questions and respond to them in depth.
6. USE THESE FIVE RESPONSES TO FRAME A PRESENTATION DESIGNED TO TEACH US YOUR WORK NEXT WEEK!!!