Assignment

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Poetry

Poetry is a form of writing with a distinctive style and rhythm. In this assignment, you will have the chance to analyze the form and content of your own poetry and that of a famous poet or writer.

Use the provided template to create a PowerPoint presentation of 6-8 slides (include speaker notes) that addresses the following:

• Cut and paste the poem that you wrote in the Unit 3 Discussion Board into the PowerPoint template provided. This poem will be the first poem in your compare/contrast presentation.

• Choose 1 poem from the list below that matches with the theme of the poem you have written:

o Nature

- A Child Said, What is the Grass? By Walt Whitman
- Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
- Patience Taught by Nature by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

o Time

- When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be by John Keats
- My Playmate by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Time to Die by Ray G. Dandridge

o America

- The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- To America by James Weldon Johnston
- I Slept, and Dreamed that Life was Beauty by Louisa May Alcott

o Inspiration

- If... by Rudyard Kipling
- Your Mission by Ellen M. H. Gates
- If I can Stop One Heart from Breaking by Emily Dickinson

• Read the poem several times. Consider the theme, the use of poetic devices, imagery, and meter. Be sure to take notes.

Part 1

Construct 2 slides that analyze your own poem. Include the following information (1 bullet point on each slide):

• Paraphrase the poem for your reader. Pretend that you are explaining its meaning to someone.
• Draw a conclusion about how your poem is connected to the theme you chose.

Part 2

Construct 2 slides that analyze the poem you chose. Include the following information (1 bullet point on each slide):

• Paraphrase the poem. Pretend that you are explaining its meaning to someone.
• Draw a conclusion about how this poem is connected to the theme.

Part 3

Construct 2 slides that compare how your poem and the poem you chose engage their common theme. Include the following information (1 bullet point on each slide):

• Discuss the similarities and differences present between your poem and the poem you chose.

• Draw a conclusion about what is unique or worthwhile about expression through poetry and why modern readers should continue to read it.