Extended Metaphor

Write a poem that is an extended metaphor. Rather than making a series of comparisons between your topic and other things (e.g., "Life is a bagel... Life is a game... Life is a test"), make a single comparison between your topic and whatever your comparing and extend it through fine details. For example, if your metaphor is Life is a game, find different details about games that make the comparison richer and more subtle - you play by the rules, people try to cheat, sometimes you win, you keep score, etc.

Examples of extended metaphor poem linked here

Your poem must be at least 12 lines. Worth 3 points. (2 points extra credit for poems that go over 20 lines)

Due date published to your blogs by end of day TOMORROW (Tuesday, Mar 20)

Found Poetry

In your blogs, create two versions of the same found poem from material you cut and paste from another source. Possible sources include newspaper articles, Facebook status updates, Tweets, speeches, essays, wikipedia entries.

Your found poems must be at least 16 lines long. The two poems should have identical words, but differ in your use of line breaks, enjambent, caesura and stanza breaks.  Provide an explanation that discusses how you tried to use these poetic elements.

REQUIRED: include a link to the original source.

Example: the above instructions rewritten as found poetry

In
your blogs,
create
two versions of the
same
found poem
from material you

cut

and

paste from another
source.

Possible sources include
newspaper articles,
    Facebook status updates,
        Tweets,
            speeches,
       essays,
wikipedia entries.

Your found poems
must

be
at least
s

i

x

t

e

e

n
lines
long.

The two poems should 
have identical words, 
but differ 
in 
your use of line 
breaks
 enjambent, caesura and stanza breaks.  Provide 
an explanation 
        that discusses 
               how you tried to use
 these
      poetic 
        elements.

RE QUIR ED:
include
a link to the

original source.

Link to original source

Grading:
2 points for link to original source
2 points for each poem
2 points for explanation
2 points for use of line break, enjambent, caesura, and stanzas

Beat Poem

Please write a Beat-inspired poem (you can define "Beat-inspired" however you like) that makes 12 references to your personal experience (I don't have to get them). Bold or CAPITALIZE your 12 references and at the bottom of your poem, provide a glossary that explains what they mean (even if they're obvious).  As always, include a paragraph explanation of what your poem means and how it is "Beat-inspired."

Grading:
2 pts = 12 references
2 pts = 12 glossary explanations of reference
2 pts = beat / counter-culture aspect (explained in poet commentary)
2 pts = author's explanation

DUE: 8:30AM Tue, Mar 5

Example:

I have to have my Heath Bar blizzard every night
Then I watch a Jackie Chan movie
Nothing is more American than fattening snacks and movie stars
Except maybe Five Guys, Fuddruckers, and In and Out
(Hamburg, by the way, is in Germany)

Glossary:
Heath Bar Blizzard - High Calorie Dairy Queen frozen treat
Jackie Chan - popular Chinese martial arts star
Five Guys, Fudruckers, In and Out - Hamburger restaurant chains

Show, Don't Tell

Publish your "Show, Don't Tell" poem from the moodle activity to your blog by 11:59PM tonight. The activity and poem publishing are worth 12 homework points total.

Pantoum Homework

Please publish a pantoum to your blogs. A pantoum has no set meter, rhyme, or length. For the purposes of this assignment, please write a pantoum that is AT LEAST (longer is fine) 8 stanzas long (each stanza is 4 lines). Pantoum examples and explanations linked here.

2 points for completion
2 points for correct structure
2 points for including a volta
2 points for short paragraph explanation of your poem

8 points total. Published to your blogs by midnight tonight.

Villanelle Homework

Please publish a Villanelle (structure explained here) to your blog by 8:30AM, Tues, Oct 9 (tomorrow).
You may write your villanelle about any topic you choose, but I will suggest the following first and last lines.

FIRST LINE...

I LOVE OcTOber VERy MUCH you SEE...
(or I HATE)


Grading:Worth 8 points
2 points for correct meter
2 points for correct rhyme scheme
2 points for correct structure of refrains
2 points for  paragraph poet's (that's you) explanation/commentary. Tell your reader what your poem means and how you tried to communicate that using the rhyme, structure, and meter.