Note: read the instructions for Monday, which contain an assignment to be done over the weekend.
Monday, August 31
- Choose a poem from 100 Best Loved Poems, perform a brief metrical analysis of it (about 250 words), and post it in our Facebook Group before this class.
- Bring your scanned printed poems to class (if you missed class on Wednesday, then don’t).
- In The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, read “Scansion” “Trimeter” “Tetrameter” “Pentameter”
Wednesday, September 2
- In The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, read “Rhyme” “Rhyme Scheme” and “Internal Rhyme”
- Analyze the same poem you chose for the previous class and focusing on its use of rhyme. What does rhyme contribute to the poem?
Friday, September 4
- In The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, read “Alliteration” “Consonance” and “Assonance”
- Choose a poem from Please Excuse This Poem and identify uses of alliteration and consonance. Post your analysis in our Facebook Group before this class.