Introduction to Poetry

By: Miss Anderson and Mrs. Brown

I always like summer bestYou can eat fresh cornFrom Daddy’s garden

And okra And greens

And cabbage And lots of barbecue

And buttermilkAnd homemade ice-cream

At the church picnicAnd listen to gospel music

Outside At the church homecomingAnd go to the mountainsWith your grandmother

And go barefootedAnd be warmAll the time

Not only whenYou go to bed and sleep

 

Knoxville, TennesseeBy Nikki Giovanni

 

Poetry Terms

1. stanza- separations in poetry, divisions, verses, like“paragraphs” in a novel

2. imagery- language that appeals to your 5 senses; words that create a picture in your mind

3. meter- the measured pattern of rhythmic accents in poems

4. rhythm- the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

5. repetition- the repeating of lines, words, or phrases in a poem

Poetry Terms

6. rhyme- the repetition of similar sounds at the end of two or more words most often at the ends of lines.

7. rhyme scheme- the pattern of end rhymes in a poem

8. symbol- an object or action in literary work that means more than itself

9. tone- the mood of a poem

10. form- the way a poem looks on the page, structured or free verse

11. poetic license- the right to make up language in poetry

Model Poem

If I Were In Charge of the World by: Judith Viorst

If I were in charge of the worldI'd cancel oatmeal,Monday mornings,Allergy shots, and also Sara Steinberg.

If I were in charge of the worldThere'd be brighter nights lights,Healthier hamsters, andBasketball baskets forty eight inches lower.

If I were in charge of the worldYou wouldn't have lonely.You wouldn't have clean.You wouldn't have bedtimes.Or "Don't punch your sister."You wouldn't even have sisters.

If I were in charge of the worldA chocolate sundae with whipped cream and nuts would be a vegetableAll 007 movies would be G,And a person who sometimes forgot to brush, And sometimes forgot to flush,Would still be allowed to be In charge of the world.

If I Were in Charge of the World:

Using this poem as a model, rewrite the poem using your own words. You may use this template for your poem.

If I were in charge of the worldI’d cancel________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________If I were in charge of the worldThere’d be ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________If I were in charge of the worldYou wouldn’t have________________________________You wouldn’t have________________________________You wouldn’t have________________________________________________________________________________If I were in charge of the world________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________And a person who________________________________Would still be____________________________________If I were in charge of the world

LimericLimerickk

A Limerick is a rhymed A Limerick is a rhymed humorous or nonsense poem humorous or nonsense poem of five lines which originated of five lines which originated in in Limerick, Ireland. The Limerick Limerick, Ireland. The Limerick has a set has a set rhyme scheme of : rhyme scheme of : a-a-b-b-aa-a-b-b-a with a syllable with a syllable structure of: structure of: 9-9-6-6-99-9-6-6-9 The Test PilotThe Test Pilot

A Plane builder needed a pilot, A Plane builder needed a pilot, So Bob told the guy he So Bob told the guy he would try it. When Bob took to the would try it. When Bob took to the air, Plane parts air, Plane parts fell everywhere. fell everywhere. Bob radioed “where shall I pile it?”Bob radioed “where shall I pile it?”

More Limericks:

There was a Young Lady whose chin,Resembled the point of a pin;So she had it made sharp,And purchased a harp,And played several tunes with her chin.

A flea and a fly in a flueWere caught, so what could they do?Said the fly, "Let us flee.""Let us fly," said the flea.So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Now, Write your own Limerick!

You may use the following format to create your limerick:

There was a ____________ from __________ Who _________________________________ When ________________________ He/She/They ____________________ And _____________________

The Limerick has a set rhyme scheme of : The Limerick has a set rhyme scheme of : a-a-b-b-aa-a-b-b-a with a syllable structure of: with a syllable structure of: 9-9-6-9-9-6-6-96-9

EpicEpic

An Epic is a long An Epic is a long narrative poem narrative poem celebrating the celebrating the adventures and adventures and achievements of a achievements of a hero. Epics can also hero. Epics can also deal with the deal with the traditions, mythical or traditions, mythical or historical, of a nation. historical, of a nation.

Examples: Beowulf, Examples: Beowulf, The Iliad and the The Iliad and the Odyssey – by HomerOdyssey – by Homer

Auto-bio Poem Read and enjoy the following self-portrait:

Coricareful, loving, content, and generous

Sister of, Annie, Lindy, Michael, and AmyLover of the sand at the beach, the laughter of a child and the excitement of a new adventure,

Who feels joy when traveling, loneliness in the dark, and happiness when near the water,

Who needs sunshine, Saturdays, and friends,Who gives support, encouragement, and smiles,Who fears clowns, cockroaches, and June bugs,

Who would like to see respect for our environment, peacein our families, and better housing for the poor,

Who lives in a little apartment in Antioch,Anderson

Use the following structure to write about yourself. Do not aim at rhyme, but use lively, colorful, and specific language. CREATE YOUR OWN, write about yourself OR someone elseUse the following format for your Auto Bio Poem:

Line 1. Your first name only, or your nickname Line 2. Four traits or qualities that describe you, (use

adjectives) Line 3. Brother/Sister of….(their names) Line 4. Lover of…(three ideas, groups, people etc.) Line 5. Who feels…(three emotions) Line 6. Who needs…(three items) Line 7. Who gives…(three items) Line 8. Who fears…(three items) Line 9. Who would like to see…(three items) Line 10. Who lives…(describe briefly where) Line 11. Your last name only

Couplet- a pair of verses, a two line poem

Eddie, the spaghetti nut, courted pretty Nettie CuttThey wed and Ed and Nettie got a cottage in Connecticut

by Jack Prelutsky

When the band comes marching down the street,The music sounds so very sweet.

by William Cole

The folk who live in Backward townAre inside out and upside down

by Mary Ann Hoberman

Extended Metaphor PoemA poem where one thing is called another……

What is the extended metaphor in this poem?

Using an extended metaphor, write a poem about yourself using a Metaphor.

First, establish through a simile what you are like. For example, you might compare yourself to a city.

Then, throughout the remainder of the poem, talk about yourself exclusively in terms of your object - - how you look, the sounds, smells, and activities.

Poetry is like flames,

which areswift and elusive

dodging realization.Sparks, like words on the

paper, leap and dance in theflickering firelight. The fiery

tongues, formless and shiftingshapes tease the imagination.

Yet for those who see,through their mind's

eye, they burnup the page.

My son is a bat.His eyes blink when darkness

comes.His body stirs with life.

His limbs gorge with blood as he sets out through the cave

of nighthis roof the stars

the moon a big white eye watching.

Attracted by the false lightshe mingles with his batty friendsweaving in and out of nightclubs

endless partieseach other’s places

till sensing the sudden ebbof darkness

he flutters homea cloaked Dracula

to the hollow of his roomwhere he will sleep all day

More Extended Metaphor Poems: My life is like a river

Sometimes flowing lightly and gently

Moving along with easeMy life is like a river

Sometimes rough and rapidLonging for some releaseTrying to calm the storm

Waiting for the sun to shine overhead

Looking for the rainbow in the sky

My life is like a riverI like the gentle bends

I like the smooth watersThey bring me peace and joy

I do not like the rocks and currents

They are struggles in my lifeI enjoy the nice peaceful

watersMy life is like a river

Having ups and downsTwists and turns

Trying to smooth them out

Now, write an extended metaphor poem about

YOURSELF!

Concrete Poem

Concrete poetry is a collection of words, letters, or symbols that creates meaning both by what it says and how it looks. Form is meaning.

Read the examples, and notice how form contributes to the meaning of the poem.

Create your own concrete poem – remember form is meaning!

Be creative!!! Do not choose a simple object such as a circle, pencil, or a table.

Example of Concrete Poem:Apoemcan playwith the windand dart and danceand fly about in the mindlike a kite in the cloudy whitesky at so dizzy a height itseems out of reach butis waiting to bevery gentlypulled downto the page below by astring ofmusical words

Concrete Poem Example:

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Now, write a concrete poem

Narrative-a long, often historical poem that tells a story

Listen my children and you shall hearOf the midnight ride of Paul Revere,On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;Hardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, "If the British marchBy land or sea from the town to-night,Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry archOf the North Church tower as a signal light,--One if by land, and two if by sea;And I on the opposite shore will be

Onomatopoeia Poem -poems that are full of onomatopoeia words

Wind and Rain westerly whips up waves

sloshes, splashes on shoreseagull winging bravelyslipstreams, flaps some more

rain patters and splattersdrops, plops on windscreenmeditative silence shattersfresh gust wakes from daydream

HorsesHorses are wild, fast, and

colorfulBountiful beautiful beauties They gallop-clop, clopTheir tails flying faster with

each swift stepThe beat of the wind blowing,

blowing

Onomatopoeia Poem: “Cafeteria”

Boom!Went the food

trays. Clap! Clap!

Goes the teacher.Rip!

Went the plastic bag.

Munch! Munch!Go the students.

Slurp!!!Went the straws.

WhisperIs what half the kids

in the roomare doing.Crunch! Crunch!

go the candy bars.

Another Onomatopoeia Poem:

Write your own Onomatopoeia Poem

Name 10 onomatopoeic words.

Name 10 alliterative words.

Write a poem describing a place or thing that has many sounds using the onomatopoeic words you wrote.

Use at least 5 onomatopoeic words. Also include at least 2 examples of alliteration in your poem, remember they can be the same exact word repeated.

Personification Poem

Give it a Complete Personality Choose a thing, color or quality

to personify. Choose one of the following:

Love, Worry, Red, Heart, Trees Breeze, Cars, Friendship Bravery, Yellow, Eyes, Sea,

Stones Refrigerator, Fear, Respect Transparent, Liver, Sky Wind, Stove, Envy Happiness, Skateboard, Feet Football, Clouds, Hoagie Jeep, Sand

Now, give the thing you chose a personality by providing some information about it. Describe for example:

Where it lives, its favorite color, clothes, food, holiday, its job, hobbies, Its friends, relatives, where it goes on vacation, its memories or dreams, problems it has, the way it moves

Write this information in a poem format, be creative.

Examples of Personification Poem:

KetchupLives in my refrigeratorEnjoys summer picnics and

trips to the hot dog manFriends with mustard and

mayonnaiseBut rather ooze alone

Velvet Velvet remembers

how it wrapped aroundme.Keeping me warmon a snowy day.Velvet remembershow it laid softly on my bed.Velvet tells me notto forgetit.

Haiku Poem

Haiku is a type of Japanese poetry that has seventeen syllables and just three lines. It is a short poem that captures a moment in nature.

Line 1 Five syllables Line 2 Seven syllables Line 3 Five syllables Write three haiku poems about one topic;

include a one-sentence description of what all three poems are about. For example, you could write three haiku poems about three different types of birds or three different types of sports. Your one sentence description must tell what the poems are about, and what point you are making in your poems.

Examples of Haiku Poems:

A bitter morning Sparrows sitting

together Without any necks.

How beautifully That kite soars up to the

sky From the small boy's

hand.

Frog sunning on lily padas dragonfly darts by.

Thrapp!

Haiku softly singsand a word picture is

formed.A feast for the mind.

Haikus are easyBut sometimes they don’t

make senseRefrigerator

Bellwork: Write your own Bellwork: Write your own haiku using at least 1 Wordly haiku using at least 1 Wordly

Wise word.Wise word.

Remember a haiku has a syllable structure of 5-7-5. That’s the only rule.

It can be about any thing!

Ex:Today is Friday

I can’t wait for the weekendTo sleep in till noon

Cinquain

Cinquains are much like Haiku in that they are a "syllable count" poem. Your subject could be about anything, and it doesn't even have to rhyme.

Line1: A noun Line2: Two adjectives Line 3: Three -ing

words Line 4: A phrase Line 5: Another word

for the noun

Cinquain Examples:

SpaghettiMessy, spicy

Slurping, sliding, fallingBetween my plate and

mouth

Delicious

MulesStubborn, unmoving

Braying, kicking, resisting

Not wanting to listen

People

Free Style Poem

This poem is up to you – see how creative and imaginative you can be! You may write about anything you feel passionately about. Anything, any topic, any image, you would like to write about!

First, brainstorm some images and/or topics that are very clear to you.

Then write down your feelings about the scene in your mind – what do you see, how do you feel?

Now compose those images and feelings into any type of poem – it may be in the form of one you have completed in this project, or it may be your own style of poetry…whatever you feel comfortable doing.

There is no requirement for this poem except that it must be at least 4 lines long and includes 1 instance of any type of figurative language.

Analyzing Poetry

There are steps to analyzing a poem. The most important thing is to read and re-read. Read the poem all the way through to get a feeling for the topic, mood, setting etc. Re-read the poem again looking at the specifics, similes, metaphors, rhyme scheme, etc. Then read the questions below. Go back and again, re-read the poem, answering the discussion questions.

2 points for each answer in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper. Please include the title of the poem to which you are answering the questions.

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I'll rise.Does my sassiness upset you?Why are you beset with gloom?'Cause I walk like I've got oil wellsPumping in my living room.Just like moons and like suns,With the certainty of tides,Just like hopes springing high,Still I'll rise.Did you want to see me broken?Bowed head and lowered eyes?Shoulders falling down like teardrops,Weakened by my soulful cries?Does my haughtiness offend you?Don't you take it awful hard'Cause I laugh like I've got gold minesDiggin' in my own backyard.You may shoot me with your words,You may cut me with your eyes,

You may kill me with your hatefulness,But still, like air, I'll rise.Does my lovliness upset you?Does it come as a surpriseThat I dance like I've got diamondsAt the meeting of my eyes?Out of the huts of history's shameI riseUp from a past that's rooted in painI rise

I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.Leaving behind nights of terror and fearI riseInto a daybreak that's wondrously clearI riseBringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,I am the dream and the hope of the slave.I riseI riseI rise.

Discussion Questions

1. Find a simile that is used in the poem. What is it describing?

2. What line is repeated many times throughout the poem?

3. Why did the author do that? Explain. 4. Write an example of personification in the

poem. What is it describing? 5. Who is the author talking about – describe

the person/people she is speaking of.

IfBy Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep you head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you;If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too;If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,Or being hated don't give way to hating,And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;If you can dream-and not make dreams your master;If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim,If you can meet with Triumph and DisasterAnd treat those two impostors just the same;If you can bear to hear the truth you've spokenTwisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winningsAnd risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,And lose, and start again at your beginnings,And never breathe a word about your loss;If you can force your heart and nerve and sinewTo serve your turn long after they are gone,And hold on when there is nothing in youExcept the Will which says to them, "Hold on!"If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,If all men count with you, but none too much;If you can fill the unforgiving minuteWith sixty seconds' worth of distance run,Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son

IF Cont. ….

Notes about the author:

English short story writer, poet and novelist

At the age of six, he was forced to live with foster parents

Perhaps best known for the children's book called The Jungle Book

Awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907

Discussion Questions

– How many stanzas are in this poem?

– How many syllables are in each line? (only need to show 2 line patterns)

– What about the author's life that might influence why he wrote the poem? (Be sure to explain your answer.)

– What is the theme of the poem? Do you agree with the theme? Why or why not? Be sure to explain your answer!

I'm NobodyBy Emily Dickinson

I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?Then there's a pair of us - don't tell! They'd banish us, you know.How dreary to be somebody! How public like a frogTo tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog!

Notes on the Author •She was very shy and introverted, reclusive•She only spoke with close friends. •Although she wrote over 2,000 poems in her lifetime, only 6 were published while she was alive. •Of these 6, only two were published with her permission.

Discussion Questions1.What is the rhyme scheme

of this poem?2.What do you think Dickinson

means by "being a nobody"?

3.What does Emily Dickinson write about "being a nobody"?

4.How do you think she really feels about it?

5.What do you think Dickinson means by "being a somebody"?

6.What does she write about being somebody?

7.How do you think she really feels about ‘being a somebody’?

8.What are the advantages of being a “nobody”?

9.How has her life impacted what she has written in this poem?

Discussion Questions 1. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?2. What is the overall metaphor of this

poem? 3. What is the author comparing thee to?4. Give an example of personification in the

poem.5. Give an example of alliteration from the

poem.6. Is this a sonnet? Why/Why not?

Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?By William Shakespeare

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimm'd,And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd:But thy eternal summer shall not fade,Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,Nor shall Death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st. So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Sonnet- a poem that is 14 lines long and has an ending couplet

A Dream DeferredBy Langston HughesWhat happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry uplike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore--And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over--like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Or does it explode?

Notes on the Author•He was born in Joplin, Missouri, but lived with his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas. •Langston began writing in high school in Ohio.Grandmother was old and poor and unable to give Hughes the attention he needed.•Hughes felt hurt by both his mother and his father, and was unable to understand why he was not allowed to live with either of them.•Money was a nagging concern for Hughes throughout his life.•Claimed Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman as his primary influences.•Hughes is particularly known for his portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties. He fought for black desegregation through his literature.

Discussion Questions1.This poem was written in 1951, why is that important?2.What is the "dream" the poet is talking about? 3.What type of poem is this? Why?4.Using the 5 senses) list any images that apply to each in the poem. For

example, "sight- sun." Give 2 examples of sensory description in the poem that you find.

5.What is the author’s view of life? Explain why you believe that.

Nothing Gold Can Stayby Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

Discussion1. Write at least a 5-sentence interpretation of this poem. Think about the symbols, imagery, etc. and connect it to your life. Remember to include at least 2 references to poetic devices/figurative language. Please be sure to explain your view clearly with examples from your life and from the poem.Here is an example of an interpretation with explanation – but the student needs to insert her explanation of some poetic devices in the poems as well. Be sure not to PLAGARIZE this student’s thoughts, use as a model:

This poem made me realize the importance of life. I believe Robert was trying to say that when you’re a child you don’t realize these moments are the highlight of your life. You are too young to try to remember these memories. You start growing up and your innocence goes away, you turn into adults. Nothing gold an stay means that your not going to be a child forever so its too late to try to change thing now.Include the following:

•examples from poem•explanation of opinion/interpretation•2 descriptions of figurative language•connection to life

Poetry in Music

My child arrived just the other dayCame to the world in the usual wayBut there were planes to catch and bills to payHe learned to walk while I was awayHe was talkin' 'fore I knew itAnd as he grew he said,'I'm gonna be like you, Dad,You know I'm gonna be like you.' ChorusAnd the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,Little boy blue and the man 'n the moon.'When you comin' home?''Son, I don't know when. We'll get together then. You know we'll have a good time then.'Well, my son turned ten just the other day.He said, 'Thanks for the ball, Dad. Come on, let's play.Could you teach me to throw?'I said, 'Not today. I got a lot to do.'He said, 'That's okay.' And he walked away and he smiled and he said,'You know, I'm gonna be like him, yeah.You know I'm gonna be like him.' Chorus Well, he came from college just the other day,So much like a man I just had to say,'I'm proud of you. Could you sit for a while?'

He shook his head and he said with a smile,'What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys.See you later. Can I have them please?' Chorus I've long since retired, my son's moved away. I called him up just the other day.'I'd like to see you, if you don't mind.'He said, 'I'd love to, Dad, if I could find the time.You see my new job's a hassle and the kids have the flu,But it's sure nice talkin' to you, Dad.It's been sure nice talkin' to you.'And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me,He'd grown up just like me.My boy was just like me. Chorus

Cat’s in the Cradle Harry Chapin

Discussion Questions

1. What is the significance of the song’s title?2. What type of poem would this song be?

Explain.3. Summarize the plot of this song.4. What tone and mood does the background

music create?5. Describe what the final lines mean to the

song?

I hope that days come easy and moments pass slow, and each road leads you where you want to go, and if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose, I hope you choose the one that means the most to you. and if one door opens to another door closed, I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window, if it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile, More then anything, more then anything, My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it, to your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small, You never need to carry more then you can hold, and while you're out there getting where you're getting to, I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too, Yeah, this, is my wish. I hope you never look back, but ya never forget, all the ones who love you, in the place you left, I hope you always forgive, and you never regret, and you help somebody every chance you get, Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake, and you always give more then you take. Oh More then anything, Yeah, and more then anything, My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it, to your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small, You never need to carry more then you can hold, and while you're out there getting where you're getting to, I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too, Yeah, this, is my wish.

My Wish by

Rascal Flatts

Notes on Rascal FlattsTwo members are second cousins from Columbus, OhioThe cousins moved to Nashville in 1996 to pursue country music careersRascal Flatts donated 600,000 dollars to the children’s hospital in 2005They first became famous when three of their songs hit the top ten in 2000

Discussion Questions Use the notes above in coordination with the song lyrics to answer the following questions. Be sure to explain your opinions and reasons for your answers clearly.1. What type of poem is this song? Why?2. In the third stanza, the group gives the advice “always give more then you take”, Give an example of how the group has done this. Also give an example of a time where you have done this.3. What is the author’s perspective on life? Give text to support your answer.4. Identify and give two examples of poetic devices used in this song.5. How is the song’s title it connected to the song’s theme?’ In a few sentences, give your thoughts on the significance of the title

Pilgrim Lyricsby Enya

Pilgrim, how you journey On the road you chose

To find out why the winds die And where the stories go.

All days come from one day That much you must know,

You cannot change what's over But only where you go.

One way leads to diamonds, One way leads to gold, Another leads you only

To everything you're told. In your heart you wonder

Which of these is true; The road that leads to nowhere,

The road that leads to you. Will you find the answer

In all you say and do? Will you find the answer

In you? Each heart is a pilgrim, Each one wants to know

The reason why the winds die And where the stories go. Pilgrim, in your journey

You may travel far, For pilgrim it's a long way To find out who you are...

Pilgrim, it's a long way To find out who you are...

Pilgrim, it's a long way

To find out who you are...

Discussion Questions:1. What is the tone of the

song through its lyrics and music?

2. What does the term “pilgrim” mean? Why did the writer choose this word to use in her lyrics?

3. What can you picture in your mind as you listen to the song?

4. What occurred in the author’s life to motivate her to write this song?

5. Connect to this song – how does the theme apply to your life? Explain.

Your Favorite Lyrics • Copy down your favorite song’s lyrics in its entirety. Then answer

the discussion questions below using as much text support as possible. • Give the background info on the song. What is the name of the

song? What year was it released? What is the name of the group? Album? What kind of music do they play? (Rock/pop/rap/country) Why did you select it? What is the song about? Give a summary of the words.

• List 2 examples of figurative language in the poem. Show where in the poem each instance is located.

• What type of poem would this song be? Why? • What is the theme of the song? • What would you say is the author’s perspective on life through

the words of the song? Explain.

BELLWORK

We are having our Poetry test today. Look over your: Poetry terms, types of

poems, Remember the “The Highwayman”? What was the Landlord’s daughter’s name? What was that poem about? STUDY!