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A POEM IS A LIE THAT TELLS THE A POEM IS A LIE THAT TELLS THE TRUTH.TRUTH.

YOU CAN’T HAVE POETRY WITHOUT YOU CAN’T HAVE POETRY WITHOUT METAPHOR OR SIMILE, THAT COMES METAPHOR OR SIMILE, THAT COMES FROM METAPHOR, AND EVERY FROM METAPHOR, AND EVERY METAPHOR IS A LIE THAT TELLS THE METAPHOR IS A LIE THAT TELLS THE TRUTH.TRUTH.

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THE POET DOES NOT NECESSARILY THE POET DOES NOT NECESSARILY WRITE WHAT HAPPENED, OR THE WRITE WHAT HAPPENED, OR THE FEELING HE/SHE HAD AT A TIME IN FEELING HE/SHE HAD AT A TIME IN THE PAST, BUT SOMETHING NEW THE PAST, BUT SOMETHING NEW THAT IS CREATED IN WORDS TO TELL THAT IS CREATED IN WORDS TO TELL THE TRUTH OF WHAT HAPPENED THE TRUTH OF WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW HE/SHE FELT ABOUT IT.AND HOW HE/SHE FELT ABOUT IT.

A POEM IS A PHOTOGRAPH IN A POEM IS A PHOTOGRAPH IN WORDSWORDS

A poem is more than a metaphor…A poem is more than a metaphor… A strong, memorable metaphor or simile is more A strong, memorable metaphor or simile is more

than just the difference between something than just the difference between something literal literal and something and something figurative.figurative.

It’s about writing or saying something original. It’s about writing or saying something original. As creators of poetry, how can you write or say As creators of poetry, how can you write or say

something in a way that no one else has?something in a way that no one else has?

Do you ever feel like a plastic bagDo you ever feel like a plastic bagDrifting through the windDrifting through the wind

Wanting to start againWanting to start again

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thinDo you ever feel, feel so paper thinLike a house of cardsLike a house of cards

One blow from caving in…One blow from caving in…

Do you recognize these words/lyrics? Do you recognize these words/lyrics? What makes the comparison significant?What makes the comparison significant?

What makes Poetry different?What makes Poetry different?

See page 578 in the textbook: Write a See page 578 in the textbook: Write a summary of Part 1summary of Part 1

Study the poem “A Fine Head of Study the poem “A Fine Head of Lettuce” Who is the speaker?Lettuce” Who is the speaker?

How many stanzas does the poem How many stanzas does the poem have? How many lines per stanza?have? How many lines per stanza?

What words rhyme? Is there a pattern What words rhyme? Is there a pattern (rhyme scheme)? What verbal joke (rhyme scheme)? What verbal joke (pun) do you find in the last line?(pun) do you find in the last line?

Creators of PoetryCreators of Poetryand an Audience of Poetryand an Audience of Poetry

Be original!Be original! Write something that no one else Write something that no one else

would think of writing!!!would think of writing!!! Poems are built on metaphors and Poems are built on metaphors and

similes, so that’s what we are going similes, so that’s what we are going to do.to do.

A poem should be… A poem should be…

A poem should be A poem should be mysteriousmysterious like_____________like_____________ A poem should be A poem should be silentsilent like like __________________________________________________ But most of all, a poem should be But most of all, a poem should be As As wordlesswordless as _________________ as _________________

Dream DeferredDream Deferred

What happens to a dream deferred?What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upDoes it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Like a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore--Or fester like a sore--And then run?And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over--Or crust and sugar over--like a syrupy sweet?like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagsMaybe it just sagslike a heavy load.like a heavy load.Or does it explode? Or does it explode?

Langston HughesLangston Hughes

DreamsDreams

     Hold fast to dreamsHold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.That cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsHold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow. Frozen with snow.

Langston HughesLangston Hughes

DreamsDreams Dreams can be as Dreams can be as bigbig as______________ as______________ Or Or small small like_______________________like_______________________ Dreams can be as Dreams can be as round round as ___________as ___________ Or Or flat flat like _______________________like _______________________ Dreams can be as Dreams can be as goldengolden as _________ as _________ Or Or green green like ______________________like ______________________

A “poem is a secret that the poet A “poem is a secret that the poet shares.”shares.”

What does this mean? Explain that What does this mean? Explain that statement.statement.

Let’s write our own “secret” poem.Let’s write our own “secret” poem.

SECRETSSECRETS 1. A secret can be hidden like_________1. A secret can be hidden like_________ 2. Or is can be as easy to see 2. Or is can be as easy to see 3. as__________________________3. as__________________________ 4. A secret can be as red as ________________4. A secret can be as red as ________________ 5. or blue like ____________________5. or blue like ____________________ 6. A secret can be as soft as ___________6. A secret can be as soft as ___________ 7. Or hard like ______________________7. Or hard like ______________________ 8. A secret can be kept like ____________8. A secret can be kept like ____________ 9.Or thrown away like ______________9.Or thrown away like ______________ 10. A secret is a school of ________________10. A secret is a school of ________________ 11. A secret is a child trying to11. A secret is a child trying to

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Autobiographical PoemAutobiographical Poem I am leading a _______________ lifeI am leading a _______________ life My life is My life is (same word as above) (same word as above) like ___________like ___________ The world goes by me like ________________The world goes by me like ________________ I had a ___________________ childhoodI had a ___________________ childhood It was as It was as (same word as above)(same word as above) as ____________ as ____________ I had _______________ and ______________I had _______________ and ______________ I read _______________ and ______________ I read _______________ and ______________ Sometimes I thought I was ________________Sometimes I thought I was ________________ Or ___________________________________Or ___________________________________

Autobiographical poem cont. Autobiographical poem cont.

And now my world is ________________And now my world is ________________ I love to see _____________________I love to see _____________________ I hate to hear _____________________I hate to hear _____________________ I know beauty is a mirror of __________I know beauty is a mirror of __________ I know love is a poem of _____________I know love is a poem of _____________ I know sorrow is a symphony of ________I know sorrow is a symphony of ________ I have lost __________ and __________I have lost __________ and __________ I know a wish is as soft as____________I know a wish is as soft as____________ My heart is _______________________My heart is _______________________

TimeTime Time moves like _____ Time moves like _____ But can be as still as_______But can be as still as_______ Time can be as straight as_____Time can be as straight as_____ Or crooked like_____Or crooked like_____ Time can be as smooth as_____Time can be as smooth as_____ Or rough like______Or rough like______ Time can be lost like____Time can be lost like____ Or found like____Or found like____ Time is a song of______Time is a song of______ Time is a dance of_____Time is a dance of_____ Time is an arrow _____Time is an arrow _____ Time is a child chasing______Time is a child chasing______