Checklist+of+Original+Poetry

1. **Monday, January 9th:** Imagery and personification a la[| Carl Sandburg "Fog"]; Interpretations of "Fog"
 * Requirements**: 2 stanzas, 6 lines, each line less than 8 syllables, simple subject, few words with strong imagery- **Classwork**

I**n class** we also read: "[|A Dream Deferred"] by Langston Hughes

2. **Tuesday, January 10th**: Metaphor of an emotion a la Emily Dickinson's "Hope" is the thing with Feathers In class we listened/watched: "[|April Rain]" by Langston Hughes and [|"La Mariposa"] by Frederico Garcia Lorca
 * Requirements**: 3 stanza minimum, 4 lines each, ABCB pattern- **Classwork**

3. **Tuesday, January 10th:** Ode to a ? Poem - **HW due Fri**. Requirements: 2 stanza minimum, alliteration, imagery, metaphor

4. **Wednesday, January 11th:** Ode to the West Wind Analysis- **HW due Fri**
 * In class** we also read: "[|Full Fathom Five"] from "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare

5.**Thursday, January 12th:**
 * In class** we also read various poetry by Shel Silverstein

6. **Friday, January 13th:**
 * In class //quiz//**, beginning to add artistic effects to "Ode to a ?" poem and song lyric HW

7. **Wednesday, January 18th:** Determining rhyme patterns and select one pattern to try in an original poem- **HW due** AABA,ABBA, ABCB, ABAB, AABBA
 * Poems:** "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost, "On His Being Arrived to the Age of Twenty-Three" (first stanza) by John Milton, "My Teacher Ate My Homework" by Ken Nesbitt and an excerpt named "Old Man With a Beard" from //The Book of Nonsense// by Edward Lear