#assignments

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I'm Nobody! Who are you? -Emily Dickinson

Rough Draft - I'm a dreamer

I'm a dreamer

Are you a dreamer too?

Take my hand

They'll hate us - you know

How awful it is to be

Pragmatic

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Hello as I wait for my seating, It’s a Monday midsummer, and it’s a warm one. It reminds me of summer days when as a child I would lay on the bed in the front screened-in porch of my parent’s house and read a book. I was fortunate that the neighborhood Public Library was only about two blocks away (and they were short blocks). Often I walked down, checking out as many books as my little arms…

Poems to study:

I know I am but summer to your heart -Millay

The Bells - Poe

If we must die -McKay

Coal -Lorde

An American Sunrise -Harjo

Friend -Miles

The Listeners -de la Mare

Deer Hit -Loomis

Ode to a large tuna in the market -Neruda

Among these red pieces -Cummings

Objective: to better understand mood, tone, and attitude in poems and gain confidence in creating specific mood/tone/attitude in poetry

Week 1: Analyze 10 poems

Week 2: write 2-3 mirror poems. Analyze 2-3 poems

Week 3: Pick a mood, attitude, and tone. Write 10 metaphors reflecting choices

Week 4: write 1-2 poems setting goals for ideal mood , tone, and attitude