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Wharton's Project Guidelines
Favorite Poem Project- check out America's favorite poems. The Favorite Poem Project is dedicated to celebrating, documenting and encouraging poetry’s role in Americans’ lives.
Tools:
Cinquain Short Formula
Cinquain Graphic Organizer
Creating a poem, Wharton's Class Handout
Haiku- class handout, techniques by J. Reichhold, a how to, definition and examples, & a planning guide
Rhyming Zone- find a rhyme that works!
Lyric Poetry- song lyrics and poems
Vocabulary List:
Literary Reference Center (passwords needed)- poems, biographies, and online folders for your poems and work.
Academy of American Poets
Contemporary Poetry Archive- archived poems that may be out of print or difficult to find
17th Century Female Poets
20th Century Poetry in English, Kobe University
Modern American Poetry- poets and examples of their work
Find a poet
Poetry Around the World
Electronic Poetry Center
Songs and Poems in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
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Top of Poetry Page
Favorite Poem Project- check out America's favorite poems. The Favorite Poem Project is dedicated to celebrating, documenting and encouraging poetry’s role in Americans’ lives.
Tools:
Cinquain Short Formula
Cinquain Graphic Organizer
Creating a poem, Wharton's Class Handout
Haiku- class handout, techniques by J. Reichhold, a how to, definition and examples, & a planning guide
Rhyming Zone- find a rhyme that works!
Lyric Poetry- song lyrics and poems
Vocabulary List:
- Terms used in class (handout)
- Glossary of poetic terms
- simile and metaphor
Literary Reference Center (passwords needed)- poems, biographies, and online folders for your poems and work.
Academy of American Poets
Contemporary Poetry Archive- archived poems that may be out of print or difficult to find
17th Century Female Poets
20th Century Poetry in English, Kobe University
Modern American Poetry- poets and examples of their work
Find a poet
Poetry Around the World
Electronic Poetry Center
Songs and Poems in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
Back to Rebelslibrary
Top of Poetry Page
Line 1 –
one noun that names the subject or theme
Line 2 –
two adjectives that describe the subject or theme
Line 3 –
three action verbs describing an action that relates
Line 4 –
four words describing a feeling about the subject
or
a complete, short
sentence about it
Line 5 – one word to
refer back to the subject in a
different way
You may change it slightly
for effect or style.
EXAMPLES:
Tree
Tall, green
Growing, reaching,
standing
Witness to the past
Future
Faith
Difficult, personal
Challenging, rewarding,
reassuring
The answer to all
questions
Peace
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Write words and phrases according to the suggested criteria below. You may then want to edit your poem, but following the criteria below will produce a basic poem on any topic. As you edit, try to use unique and unusual words and images because that it what separates poetry from prose. Prepositional phrase for the title____________ Behind the Desk Two present participles (ing words) Laughing, crying Simile like a schizophrenic baby Allusion (Reference to art or history) trying to hold the world on shoulders narrow and tired Two present participle (ing words) Pleading, prodding Simile like a frustrated doctor trying to save an Repetition of sounds unruly, ungrateful, unresponsive patient Juxtaposition (Placing opposites near one other) Pushing, striving surrendering NEVER Simile like a cloud-bound bloom Imagery trying to break through winter’s muck in early spring Imagery yearning to make the world erupt with beauty and knowledge The subject Your teacher behind the desk Top of Poetry Page |