H2dle Poetry Project 3 2021

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

How was your weekend?

1. alright
2. boring
3. the best since the start of the lockdown!
4. relaxing

the last round

H2 DLE

What is the first rule of poetry?

First rule:

There are no rules!

just you and your mind...

Free verse - Robert Graves

I now delight

In spite

Of the might

And the right

Of classic tradition,

In writing

And reciting

Straight ahead,

Without let or omission,

Just any little rhyme

In any little time

That runs in my head;

Because, I've said,

My rhymes no longer shall stand arrayed

Like Prussian soldiers on parade

That march,

Stiff as starch,

Foot to foot,

Boot to boot,

Blade to blade,

Button to button,

Cheeks and chops and chins like mutton.

No! No!

My rhymes must go

Turn 'ee, twist 'ee,

Twinkling, frosty,

Will-o'-the-wisp-like, misty;

Your own Free Verse Poem

What did you like best?

1. Rhyming poetry
2. Free Verse Poetry

My Family

My family lives inside a medicine chest: 

Dad is the super-size band aid, strong and powerful 

but not always effective in a crisis.

Mom is the middle-size tweezer,

which picks and pokes and pinches.

David is the single small aspirin on the third shelf,

sometimes ignored.

Muffin, the sheep dog, is a round cotton ball, stained and dirty,

that pops off the shelf and bounces my way as I open the door. 

And I am the wood and glue which hold us all together with my love.

What is the poem about?

what kind of poem is this?

What kind of poem is 'my family' ?

1. a poem with rhyming scheme
2. a free verse poem

What is the poem about?

My Family

My family lives inside a medicine chest: 

Dad is the super-size band aid, strong and powerful 

but not always effective in a crisis.

Mom is the middle-size tweezer,

which picks and pokes and pinches.

David is the single small aspirin on the third shelf,

sometimes ignored.

Muffin, the sheep dog, is a round cotton ball, stained and dirty,

that pops off the shelf and bounces my way as I open the door. 

And I am the wood and glue which hold us all together with my love.

what kind of poem is this?

Imagery

Imagery is an important part of poetry that makes it lively and real.

Metaphors & Similes

Imagery

metaphors: saying something is simething else

- you're such a chicken.

- Life is a roller coaster of       

   emotions.

or 'a night owl'

Imagery

similes: saying something is like simething else

- I was standing perfectly 

   still, like a statue. 

- the pudding was as 

   tasteless as mud. 

or 'a night owl'

Which type of imagery did the poem 'My Family' use ?

1. Metaphor
2. Simile

My Family

My family lives inside a medicine chest: 

Dad is the super-size band aid, strong and powerful 

but not always effective in a crisis.

Mom is the middle-size tweezer,

which picks and pokes and pinches.

David is the single small aspirin on the third shelf,

sometimes ignored.

Muffin, the sheep dog, is a round cotton ball, stained and dirty,

that pops off the shelf and bounces my way as I open the door. 

And I am the wood and glue which hold us all together with my love.

what kind of poem is this?

Some short poems

The Base Stealer - Robert Francis

Poised between going on and back, pulled

Both ways taut like a tightrope-walker…

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud 

-William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high over vales and hills…

Hope is the Thing with Feathers 

-Emily Dickinson

“Hope” is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul

And sings the tune without the words

And never stops at all…

Sea-Fever -John Masefield

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,

To the gull’s way and the whale’s way, where the wind’s like a whetted knife…

What is the imagigery phrase?

What kind of imagery is it?

Metaphor

-is something

Simile

-is like something

The Base Stealer

Hope is the Thing with Feathers 

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

Sea-Fever

Imagery

Metaphors & similes

Any Questions?

the last round

H2 DLE

What has stuck with you the most?