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WWI Poetry II
6V War Poetry Project
Discussing poetry of the first World War
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6V War Poetry Project
Discussing poetry of the first World War
Slide 1 - Slide
Road map
Anthem for Doomed Youth
Theory on poetry
Work on presentation/ thesis statement
Slide 2 - Slide
Slide 3 - Video
Sonnet
14 lines
iambic pentameter
/. - / . - / . -/ . -/ . -/
English / Shakespearean sonnet
3 x 4 lines + 2
Italian / Petrarchan sonnet
8 lines + 6 lines
Slide 4 - Slide
Poetic forms
rhyming couplet 2
tercet 3
quatrain 4
quintain / quintet 5
sestet 6
septet 7
octet 8
Slide 5 - Slide
Sonnet
Turn/ volta
a twist or turn in the argument or train of thought.
Slide 6 - Slide
Poetic forms
foot = at least two syllables, basic unit of measurement in poetry
iambic / . - /
trochaic / - . /
spondaic / - - /
pyrrhic / . . /
anapestic / . . - /
dactylic / - . . /
Slide 7 - Slide
Poetic forms
number of feet per line:
dimeter = 2 feet per line
trimeter = 3 feet per line
tetrameter = 4 feet per line
pentameter = 5 feet per line
hexameter = 6 feet per line
heptameter = 7 feet per line
octameter = 8 feet per line
Slide 8 - Slide
What to do?
1. Read your poem
2. Understand the poem
3. If necessary find biographical information on the poet/context
4. Analyse its rhyme scheme
5. Analyse its form
6. Come up with an angle/approach and form a thesis statement.
Slide 9 - Slide
Presentation
Introduction + thesis statement
Background information on poet
Background information on poem
Arguments supporting your ts
Conclusion
5 -7 mins.
Slide 10 - Slide
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