poetry - Dementia Arts
... back the words. It is a technique I have used in working with everyone from preschool children to 100-year old elders. I have used it with large groups and one-on-one in the home. A majority of the lessons in this book include an element of call and response. My interest in multi-voice poetry perfor ...
... back the words. It is a technique I have used in working with everyone from preschool children to 100-year old elders. I have used it with large groups and one-on-one in the home. A majority of the lessons in this book include an element of call and response. My interest in multi-voice poetry perfor ...
The Epic Elements in Yeats`s Poetry
... himself immerse in the Gaelic and Hindu traditions, Yeats attempted not only to learn the esoteric wisdom of ancient gurus but also incorporated those ...
... himself immerse in the Gaelic and Hindu traditions, Yeats attempted not only to learn the esoteric wisdom of ancient gurus but also incorporated those ...
Formulaic Diction in Kazakh Epic Poetry
... singers, but some poems also from manuscripts and Kazan editions (Auezov and Smirnova 1959:393). This is not the place to go into the details of textual transmission, but it should be emphasized that this contamination of a purely oral tradition by a written tradition has neither stifled the oral tr ...
... singers, but some poems also from manuscripts and Kazan editions (Auezov and Smirnova 1959:393). This is not the place to go into the details of textual transmission, but it should be emphasized that this contamination of a purely oral tradition by a written tradition has neither stifled the oral tr ...
1428 H /2007 M - Repository UIN
... consisted of faith, spiritual love, earthly love, nature of artistic creation and like many other poets, Rossetti was stunned by the secret of death, which became one her big themes in her poems. She wrote poetry as a medium to express whatever she had felt Most of her works were a reflection of all ...
... consisted of faith, spiritual love, earthly love, nature of artistic creation and like many other poets, Rossetti was stunned by the secret of death, which became one her big themes in her poems. She wrote poetry as a medium to express whatever she had felt Most of her works were a reflection of all ...
Understanding Poetry
... two groups- Octave (8 lines) and Sestet (6 lines). But Shakespeare divided it into three groups- four lines in each group. He also introduced a final couplet of 2 lines. The rhyme-scheme was varied. Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare are the well-known sonneteers of the Elizab ...
... two groups- Octave (8 lines) and Sestet (6 lines). But Shakespeare divided it into three groups- four lines in each group. He also introduced a final couplet of 2 lines. The rhyme-scheme was varied. Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare are the well-known sonneteers of the Elizab ...
History of English Literature - ORBi
... large population. The Celtic tribes were ruled over by a warrior class, of which the priests, or Druids, seem to have been particularly important members. These Druids were apparently not interested in developing writing and reading skills; they memorised all the religious teachings, tribal laws, hi ...
... large population. The Celtic tribes were ruled over by a warrior class, of which the priests, or Druids, seem to have been particularly important members. These Druids were apparently not interested in developing writing and reading skills; they memorised all the religious teachings, tribal laws, hi ...
melody
... Harriet Zinnes (New York: New Directions, 1980), p. 5); but here he seems to argue that poetry, even without music, can do exactly the same work of expression that song does— can trace the precise contours of feeling just as well. Melody in poetry seems, then, to be a phantom of pitch displacement d ...
... Harriet Zinnes (New York: New Directions, 1980), p. 5); but here he seems to argue that poetry, even without music, can do exactly the same work of expression that song does— can trace the precise contours of feeling just as well. Melody in poetry seems, then, to be a phantom of pitch displacement d ...
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... Harriet Zinnes (New York: New Directions, 1980), p. 5); but here he seems to argue that poetry, even without music, can do exactly the same work of expression that song does— can trace the precise contours of feeling just as well. Melody in poetry seems, then, to be a phantom of pitch displacement d ...
... Harriet Zinnes (New York: New Directions, 1980), p. 5); but here he seems to argue that poetry, even without music, can do exactly the same work of expression that song does— can trace the precise contours of feeling just as well. Melody in poetry seems, then, to be a phantom of pitch displacement d ...
Poetry Crash Course
... You have to ENACT OR DEMONSTRATE rather than EXPLAIN your experience. You have to SHOW rather than TELL how you feel. You have to enter or re-enter a scene and dramatically recall or live it right there on the page, in real-time. This is why poetry can be such a gas for the writer (as well as for th ...
... You have to ENACT OR DEMONSTRATE rather than EXPLAIN your experience. You have to SHOW rather than TELL how you feel. You have to enter or re-enter a scene and dramatically recall or live it right there on the page, in real-time. This is why poetry can be such a gas for the writer (as well as for th ...
War and Words: A Poetry 12 Unit Plan
... Reading and comparing the poetry of various poets Writing poetry using specific poetic conventions and techniques Having students engage in poetic “scanning” exercises Working collaboratively with peers to analyse and critique poetry Examining popular music as a form of poetry Providing written anal ...
... Reading and comparing the poetry of various poets Writing poetry using specific poetic conventions and techniques Having students engage in poetic “scanning” exercises Working collaboratively with peers to analyse and critique poetry Examining popular music as a form of poetry Providing written anal ...
ENG372 - National Open University of Nigeria
... Meanwhile, of several poems dealing with English history and preserved in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the most notable is “The Battle of Brunanburb,” a panegyric on the occasion of King Athelstan’s victory over a coalition of Norsemen and Scots in the year 937. The Battle of Maldon, is another heroic ...
... Meanwhile, of several poems dealing with English history and preserved in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the most notable is “The Battle of Brunanburb,” a panegyric on the occasion of King Athelstan’s victory over a coalition of Norsemen and Scots in the year 937. The Battle of Maldon, is another heroic ...
"Poetics"
... kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in the form of action, not of narrative; through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions. By 'language embellished,' I mean language into which rhythm, 'harmony' and song enter. By 'the several kinds in separate parts,' I mean, ...
... kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in the form of action, not of narrative; through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions. By 'language embellished,' I mean language into which rhythm, 'harmony' and song enter. By 'the several kinds in separate parts,' I mean, ...
Autumn colours of Tenterfield
... Tenterfield and District is located in the Northem Tablelands of New South Wales, on the New South Wales and Queensland border. A comfortable three-hour drive from Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Tenterfield is the gateway to the New England and Northern Rivers regions from the north, and South East Qu ...
... Tenterfield and District is located in the Northem Tablelands of New South Wales, on the New South Wales and Queensland border. A comfortable three-hour drive from Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Tenterfield is the gateway to the New England and Northern Rivers regions from the north, and South East Qu ...
Two Haiku - Lesson Corner
... hut next to a banana tree. Basho began writing poetry form an influence of a local lord, Todo Yoshitada, who was fond of writing haikai. Basho’s poems are well known for capturing the uniqueness of nature at a precise moment in time. His style of expression can be described as sensitive and though p ...
... hut next to a banana tree. Basho began writing poetry form an influence of a local lord, Todo Yoshitada, who was fond of writing haikai. Basho’s poems are well known for capturing the uniqueness of nature at a precise moment in time. His style of expression can be described as sensitive and though p ...
Introductory note on Hopkins
... upon Hopkins’s graduation from Oxford in 1867. In May 1868, 17 months after his conversion—and less than a week after had categorically “resolved to be religious”—Hopkins burned all his poems [many survived because they were also written out in letters to friends] and gave up poetry almost entirely ...
... upon Hopkins’s graduation from Oxford in 1867. In May 1868, 17 months after his conversion—and less than a week after had categorically “resolved to be religious”—Hopkins burned all his poems [many survived because they were also written out in letters to friends] and gave up poetry almost entirely ...
Why do poets use alliteration
... Men have always commented behind her back shes too stretched out. September 1179 also known as Saint Hildegard and Sibyl of the Rhine was a writer composer ...
... Men have always commented behind her back shes too stretched out. September 1179 also known as Saint Hildegard and Sibyl of the Rhine was a writer composer ...
a glossary of literary terms
... COHERENCE is the clarity given to a piece of writing through a definite method of development and transitional devices. COMEDY is a play written largely for entertainment; in its broadest meaning, a drama which ends happily. COMEDY OF MANNERS form ridiculing social rather than individual faults. The ...
... COHERENCE is the clarity given to a piece of writing through a definite method of development and transitional devices. COMEDY is a play written largely for entertainment; in its broadest meaning, a drama which ends happily. COMEDY OF MANNERS form ridiculing social rather than individual faults. The ...
Meet the Poet on - The Education Fund
... Reading and Language Arts LA7-8.2.1.3- The student will locate various literary devices (e.g., sound, meter, figurative and descriptive language), graphics, and structure and analyze how they contribute to mood and meaning in poetry; LA7-8.2.1.1- The student will identify, analyze, and compare the c ...
... Reading and Language Arts LA7-8.2.1.3- The student will locate various literary devices (e.g., sound, meter, figurative and descriptive language), graphics, and structure and analyze how they contribute to mood and meaning in poetry; LA7-8.2.1.1- The student will identify, analyze, and compare the c ...
Basics of English Studies: An introductory course for students of
... page. Thus, before they have actually started reading, readers of poetry are given an instant indication that what they are going to read is probably a poem. In consequence, a reader’s attention is likely to focus on ‘poetic features’ of the text. Poetry is often associated not only with specialised ...
... page. Thus, before they have actually started reading, readers of poetry are given an instant indication that what they are going to read is probably a poem. In consequence, a reader’s attention is likely to focus on ‘poetic features’ of the text. Poetry is often associated not only with specialised ...
Text Analysis pg1
... In a figure of speech, words are used in an imaginative way to communicate meaning beyond their strict definition. Figures of speech include • Similes, which use like or as to compare two unlike things. For example: The frozen lake is like glass. • Metaphors, which make comparisons without the words ...
... In a figure of speech, words are used in an imaginative way to communicate meaning beyond their strict definition. Figures of speech include • Similes, which use like or as to compare two unlike things. For example: The frozen lake is like glass. • Metaphors, which make comparisons without the words ...
Poetry For Dummies - University of Houston
... variety of form, subject, and length. This will provide a good range of poetry from which the students can choose. You may choose different poems depending on the abilities of your students. We will raise the questions, “What defines a poem?”, “What makes a poem effective?”, “Why does an author choo ...
... variety of form, subject, and length. This will provide a good range of poetry from which the students can choose. You may choose different poems depending on the abilities of your students. We will raise the questions, “What defines a poem?”, “What makes a poem effective?”, “Why does an author choo ...
“The Poet” by Tom Wayman (1989)
... BILLY COLLINS: Well, I've gotten tired of it actually. It's a little overused, not just in application to my work, but a lot of other poets I think. I think accessible just means that the reader can walk into the poem without difficulty. The poem is not, as someone put it, deflective of entry. But t ...
... BILLY COLLINS: Well, I've gotten tired of it actually. It's a little overused, not just in application to my work, but a lot of other poets I think. I think accessible just means that the reader can walk into the poem without difficulty. The poem is not, as someone put it, deflective of entry. But t ...
12 Writing about Poetry
... 12 WRITING ABOUT POETRY What is poetry? The most ancient forms of literature were oral rather than written, and they were poems. Songs are the oldest genre of literary creation, and poetry originated from songs of oral traditions around the world. Many consider poetry the most challenging of literar ...
... 12 WRITING ABOUT POETRY What is poetry? The most ancient forms of literature were oral rather than written, and they were poems. Songs are the oldest genre of literary creation, and poetry originated from songs of oral traditions around the world. Many consider poetry the most challenging of literar ...
Lit Terms Glossary
... Canon Those works generally considered by scholars, critics, and teachers to be the most important to read and study, which collectively constitute the "masterpieces" of literature. Since the 1960s, the traditional English and American literary canon, consisting mostly of works by white male writers ...
... Canon Those works generally considered by scholars, critics, and teachers to be the most important to read and study, which collectively constitute the "masterpieces" of literature. Since the 1960s, the traditional English and American literary canon, consisting mostly of works by white male writers ...
to see
... The study of poetry is one of exploration. Poetry helps us delve into the human condition, seeing ourselves and the world around us in new ways. Amazing things can happen when adult students and poetry meet. Reluctant readers and writers can feel liberated when they discover poetry. Poetry builds co ...
... The study of poetry is one of exploration. Poetry helps us delve into the human condition, seeing ourselves and the world around us in new ways. Amazing things can happen when adult students and poetry meet. Reluctant readers and writers can feel liberated when they discover poetry. Poetry builds co ...