English 9 Poetry Anthology

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Dover Beach


Link to a contemporary song (Lady Antebellum) that shares a theme with "Dover Beach"

And another song (The Police) with a remarkably similar theme
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Recitation Project

GRADING RUBRIC:
Annotations (6 points)
Recitation, no wrong words or hesitation (8 points)
Recitation, dramatic interpretation (6 points)
+ length bonus as applicable
= 20 points total

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Poetry-relevant terms

figurative language
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
imagery
mood
tone
diction
connotation
alliteration
meter

Billy Collins

Billy Collins
Contemporary American poet, former U.S. Poet Laureate, known for his work to make poetry accessible to high school students via his program Poetry 180

William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams
American poet, "imagist" movement, mid-1900's, doctor by profession

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou
Contemporary American poet

David

David
Biblical poet, King of Israel (circa 900 BCE), wrote most of the Psalms, killed Goliath, and slept with Bathsheba

Mevlana Jalal al-Din Muhammed Rumi

Mevlana Jalal al-Din Muhammed Rumi
Sufi Muslim (Sufis are a mystical sect of Islam) poet from 13th Century Persia (Afghanistan) made popular in the West by Coleman Barks translations

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Lord Tennyson
Poet Laureate of England in the Victorian Era. Wrote "Shalott" and "Ulysses" among other favorites. Wooed the ladies with his super sexy hats.

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet from the Renaissance era. Considered the finest English-language writer of all time.

Edgar Allen Poe

Edgar Allen Poe
American short story writer and poet. You should be a Poe expert by now.
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