Poetry Presentation
40
points
Each group will choose one of the following poems to present:
The World Is Too Much with Us by William Wordsworth
Song to Celia by Ben Jonson
Sonnet 64 by William Shakespeare
Spring and Fall by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Litany in Time of Plague by Thomas Nashe
Using the Poetry Handbook and Poetry Term List given to you in class, your group will analyze your poem in order to present it to the class.
You will begin your presentation by reading your poem aloud to the class. Your reading should be accompanied by an artistic power point presentation illustrating the images and important meanings in your poem. You may also choose to incorporate a musical background if it suits your poem (but please be sure that the music does not detract from your reading. It may be best to use instrumentals). You must also have some sort of prop to help bring your poem to life and make the presentation interesting. For example, if your were presenting the poem An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, the members of your group may decided to come dressed as air force pilots.
Once you have read your poem for
the class, you will present your explication of the poem, otherwise know as the
analyzation. I would recommend using either the power point or transparencies
to illustrate aspects, and the use of color can also be helpful (I will
demonstrate this in my own presentation of The
Merry-Go-Round).
The following aspects must be addressed in your presentation (not necessarily in this order):
Please have the above information on a typed handout for the class. These handouts will be used as study aids for the test.
Your presentation should probably last between 20 and 30 minutes. After your presentation, the floor will be opened to the class for questions and discussion.
You will be graded on the creativity and professionalism of your presentation, as well as your ability and accuracy in identifying the different aspects of the poem.
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Explication Composition
50 points
Each student will write her own explication of a poem in composition form.
Choose one of the poems we read in class, excluding the five poems used for the presentations. Analyze the poem based on the same seven aspects used in the presentations. Please be sure to write the analysis in a cohesive, cogent essay; do not simply list. You may choose to dedicate a paragraph to each aspect or group similar aspects into paragraphs. Do not forget to include the effect each aspect has on the poem.
Requirements
About 2 pages long
Typed, 12 point font, double spaced
Appropriate heading and header (no title page please)
Title
A solid introduction summarizing the poem and mentioning the title and poet
Well-written and well-organized body paragraphs
A brief concluding paragraph
Due Date: