Poetry Packet

Poetry Analysis Assignment

Step 1:

Research the historical context and the biographical details about the author of your poem. You need to consult multiple sources and sift out the essential elements related to your assigned poem, synthesizing them into an introduction for your poetry blog page.

Step 2:

You need to include working hyperlinks to your sources within the text of your introduction as demonstrated in the model provided. Any direct language used from your sources must go into quotation marks to avoid any hint of plagiarism.

Step 3:

You must find a picture of your author and include that picture (and any additional, related pictures) on your page. Be sure to include the author’s full name and the title of your assigned poem on your page as well.

Step 4:

You must include the text of your poem on your page and create a podcast (which you will embed in your page) of you reading your assigned poem aloud.

Step 5:

Then you must analyze your assigned poem explaining its basic content and the poetic devices used to convey that meaning. This should be a line-by-line analysis that you either write out on your page or which you explain in a second podcast (embedded on your page).

Step 6:

Finally, the conclusion of your analysis should include an explanation of how your assigned poem fits the hero journey stage with which it is associated.

Step 7:

Your page should be completed and published by the due date associated with the unit in which it falls in class. Check the Homework Page for the specific due dates.

Extra Credit:

If you complete the modern poem adaptation of your assigned poem (from the original assignment) and include it on your poetry page, you will receive extra credit. If you also perform that adaptation (as a podcast or a videocast embedded on your page), you will receive even more extra credit.