Whitney and Adam will need to get together to workshop due to their absence today.
Poetry Criteria:
1. The poem has something to say.
2. It says it well.
3. No sentimental elements. No Hollywood cliches.
4. A clear understanding of sound, structure, and rhetorical devices is evident (personification, rhythm, juxtaposition, caesura, enjambement, allusion, imagery, metaphor, simile etc)
5. Insight--mature and engaging material (It is clear that you care about the poem).
6. Use of language is unique--not too wordy, not too vague.
Four good copies of poems written during our unit are due on Wednesday. Also, include all the edited drafts for each poem.
Create a title page for your manuscript that has a title. What would you call your first book of poetry?
Examples:
Painting the Yellow House Blue
More Watery Still
White Mountain
Songs of Degrees
Inventing the Hawk
The Great Fires
