Advanced Poetry Studies
Congratulations! You have demonstrated a mastery of figurative language terminology. The following activities are designed to enrich and challenge your understanding.
Please work independently through these tasks. Record your answers, responses and poems in a Word document that you will turn in upon completion of all tasks. Please make sure that each assignment is labeled in your document so that I can find it. Good luck!
Please work independently through these tasks. Record your answers, responses and poems in a Word document that you will turn in upon completion of all tasks. Please make sure that each assignment is labeled in your document so that I can find it. Good luck!
Advanced Figurative Language Terminology
Click on the link above to view a Power-Point that defines and explains some additional types of figurative language that go beyond the middle-school language arts standards. Impress your friends and family with your knowledge of the following:
extended metaphor metonymy satire
parody tricolon crescans litote
paradox juxtoposition anaphora
synecdoche parallelism and more!
Assignment #1: Write an original example for 10 of the terms/techniques described in the PowerPoint presentation. Be sure to label them.
Assignment #2: Choose one or more of your examples from above and put it into a poem. (10 lines minimum)
extended metaphor metonymy satire
parody tricolon crescans litote
paradox juxtoposition anaphora
synecdoche parallelism and more!
Assignment #1: Write an original example for 10 of the terms/techniques described in the PowerPoint presentation. Be sure to label them.
Assignment #2: Choose one or more of your examples from above and put it into a poem. (10 lines minimum)
Poetry in Translation: A Multicultural Poetry Exploration
For these assignments, you will need to select a poet from the list below or another poet whose native language is not English.
Marjorie Agosin
Anna Akhmatova
Rosa Alcala
Claribel Alegria
Charles Baudelaire
Joseph Brodsky
Paul Celan
Lorna Dee Cervantes
Dante
Bei Dao
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
Zbigniew Herbert
Miroslav Holub
Nazim Hikmet
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
Czeslaw Milosz
Taslima Nasrin
Pablo Neruda
Nuala Ni Dhomnhonaill
Jiri Orten
Ovid
Octavio Paz
Ranier Maria Rilke
Rumi
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Andrea Zanzott
Assignment #3: Select one poet from the list and research their life and their culture. Summarize your findings in a paragraph.
Assignment #4: Select one of their poems. Use the "How to Read a Poem" guide to write a short analysis of the poem.
Assignment #5: Consider that the poem was likely written first in the poet's native language. Explain how the translation process might affect the poem and the ideas of the poet. You may find information to help you answer this question in your research.
Assignment #6: How do elements of the poet's culture and historical and political background affect their writing? You may find information to help you answer this question in your research.
Marjorie Agosin
Anna Akhmatova
Rosa Alcala
Claribel Alegria
Charles Baudelaire
Joseph Brodsky
Paul Celan
Lorna Dee Cervantes
Dante
Bei Dao
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
Zbigniew Herbert
Miroslav Holub
Nazim Hikmet
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
Czeslaw Milosz
Taslima Nasrin
Pablo Neruda
Nuala Ni Dhomnhonaill
Jiri Orten
Ovid
Octavio Paz
Ranier Maria Rilke
Rumi
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Andrea Zanzott
Assignment #3: Select one poet from the list and research their life and their culture. Summarize your findings in a paragraph.
Assignment #4: Select one of their poems. Use the "How to Read a Poem" guide to write a short analysis of the poem.
Assignment #5: Consider that the poem was likely written first in the poet's native language. Explain how the translation process might affect the poem and the ideas of the poet. You may find information to help you answer this question in your research.
Assignment #6: How do elements of the poet's culture and historical and political background affect their writing? You may find information to help you answer this question in your research.
List of Poems for Artistic Expression
Assignment #7: Click on the link above for a list of poems. Select one poem from the list to read and analyze. You do not have to submit a written analysis, instead, draw a picture to express the themes or images in the poem in an artistic way. If you do not like to draw, feel free to come up with an alternative creative way to express the poem. Ideas: write a poem "back" to the poet, create a poster or picture on the computer, write a story about a character in the poem, find items that represent elements of the poem, etc. Use your imagination!
