Poetry

=Ms. Kane's Lit 7 =

KWL  | Google Video of "The Dead" by Billy Collins | Link to Poetry Terms Site | Good Poetry Websites Quotes of the Day | Notes   **Poetry KWL --** //Students: Please add to this!//  ||~ **Want to Know** ||~ **Learned ** || > and enjoy poems > Ex. [|"Paul Revere's Ride"] (Jackson)  "The Dead" by Billy Collins (Google Video) and Class Annotation of "The Dead" media type="google" key="-8680944114009083225&hl=en" width="400" height="326"  [|Poetry Terms Site] (from infoplease.com) Good Poetry Websites
 * ~ **Know**
 * * shows emotion
 * can start a story (R and J prologue)
 * usually has rhythm
 * has vivid language and shows vivid images
 * an artistic way of expressing thoughts about all things around you and beyond
 * can express emotions that normally aren't talked about
 * describes things using literary devices like similes, foreshadowing and metaphors
 * usually has a topic (like a game, a season or romance)
 * can tell a (short or long) story
 * uses a lot of adjectives
 * doesn't always make literal sense
 * doesn't always make grammatical sense (reverses typical word order)
 * different types: sonnets, haikus, title downs, limericks, etc.
 * Haiku 5/7/5
 * Sonnet: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
 * Sonnets: Shakespearean & Petrarchan (Italian)
 * Septones: Phone # poems (# determines # of syllables in the line)
 * Music can include poetry || * What other kinds of poems exist?
 * Is there a max. # of words?
 * When do you break the line?
 * Who invented poetry? When?
 * Who are some interesting poets?
 * How can we find poems we like?
 * what are some good poetry websites (besides this wiki)?
 * Why read poetry when it doesn't have a plot?
 * What kinds of new, multimedia poetry are out there?
 * Who is considered the best poet ever? - Jhby7 (Tyler)
 * Why is poetry not given as much attention in school as other readings?
 * How can some people write so much (6 or so pages) on one topic for a poem?
 * How many "original" types of poems exist?
 * What are the most well known types of poems that most people know? || * There is no max. # of words! (though some kinds have max. # of lines, syllables per line, etc.)
 * Edgar Allan Poe's [|"The Raven"] is a cool poem
 * Maybe reading [|a poem a day] would be Ok.
 * Animation/video can help us understand
 * A cool site is [|poemhunter.com]; it has a lot of diffrent poems.(hallie)
 * You need a good title to catch the reader's attention (Bobby)
 * The rhythm can somtimes interest the reader.
 * Some people think Emily Dickinson is the best poet: See the citation Tyler found about her.
 * This is a website that says the 10 best poets (opinions, of course). ~Alex~ http://musea.us/92poetry.html
 * Another website to find poetry is www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/ ||
 * [|Poemhunter.com]
 * [|Favorite Poem Project]
 * [|Poetry 180]
 * [|www.poemsforfree.com] -- Amazing! Poems by categories like "Divorce", etc. (Tyler found this one)
 * [|www.famouspoetsandpoems.com]
 * [|Words Without Borders]-- Literature (including poems) from around the world
 * Poetry Creator 2: http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~esincoff/poetry/jpoetry.html (Evan found this one)

**Quotes of the Day** Thursday, April 17 -- "I asked for a poem, and it gave me vegetables!" -- Bobby Thursday, April 17 -- "Emily Dickinson..." -- Hannah P. "She's on the internet!" -- Bobby


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 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**__Tyler's Emily Dickinson citation__**: " 1830–86, American poet, b. Amherst, Mass. She is widely considered one of the greatest poets in American literature. Her unique, gemlike lyrics are distillations of profound feeling and original intellect, and they stand outside the mainstream of American literary tradition.—continue at //Columbia Encyclopedia//, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2002 Columbia University Press."