Intro lesson poetry :acevedo, lennon and whitman

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4-6

What is Poetry?

When is a piece of text poetry?

Read Mira Muchacha

By Elizabeth Acevedo

Mira Muchacha: Structure?

How many lines? How many stanzas? Rhyme? (which type?)

Rhythm? (= nr of syllables per line)  Iambic pentameters? Any blank verse? Assonance? Alliteration? Repetition? Ellisions? 

Caesuras? Metaphores? Similes? Annotations?

Is this Poetry?

Mira Muchacha: Is it Poetry?

And:

 Who is the narrator of the story? Who the speaker? 

Are they the same person? Who is the audience? 

What is the story told?

What feeling does this story try to evoke?

Is it recognizable? Is it taken from ordinary life?

Is it poetry?

Imagine

Read  "Imagine"

Imagine: structure

How many lines? How many stanzas? Rhyme? (which type?)

Rhythm? (= nr of syllables per line) Iambic pentameters? Any blank verse? Assonance? Alliteration? Repetition? Ellisions? 

Caesuras? Metaphores? Similes? Annotations?

Is this Poetry?

Imagine: is this poetry?

And:

 Who is the narrator of the story? Who the speaker? Are they the same person? Who the audience? What is the story told?

What feeling does this story try to evoke?

Is it recognizable? Is it taken from ordinary life?

Is it poetry?

A Child: By Walt Whitman

Part of Song of Myself:

Read Song of Myself in your reader and after that read and listen to A Child 

Song of myself & A Child: Structure

How many lines? How many stanzas? Rhyme? (which type?)

Rhythm? (= nr of syllables per line) Iambic pentameters? Any blank verse? Assonance? Alliteration? Repetition? Ellisions? 

Caesuras? Metaphores? Similes? Annotations?

Is this Poetry?

Song of Myself and A Child: is this poetry?

And:

 Who is the narrator of the story? Who the speaker? Are they the same person? Who the audience? What is the story told?

What feeling does this story try to evoke?

Is it recognizable? Is it taken from ordinary life?

Is it poetry?