After performing your scenes, let's play around with some poetry prompts and begin to prepare our coffeehouse reading selections.
Here's an example of a poem that has a specific TONE. Try to figure out what TONE the speaker/persona is using:
"Another Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries" by Hugh MacDiarmid:
1. Choose a character from the index card(s) provided to you.
2. On the back of the card, write a 3x5 poem (a short poem from the perspective/voice of your character)
3. You poem should include a title. Remember to use imagery: metaphor/simile, allusion, alliteration, personification, or any other poetic device you prefer.
4. In the margin, indicate the TONE you are using.
Writing Prompt #2:
1. Using the tone on the paper provided to you, write a poem that uses or sustains this tone.
2. Title your poem (perhaps with your speaker's name or name the setting or theme)
3. Make sure you indicate what TONE you were using.
LAB: Type up your two poem prompts. Put these drafts in your portfolio.
Please create a poem using a specific TONE. Pick an emotional tone for your persona and have that character speak, using appropriate diction, to create the tone you selected.
HOMEWORK: None.
Here's an example of a poem that has a specific TONE. Try to figure out what TONE the speaker/persona is using:
"Another Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries" by Hugh MacDiarmid:
It is a God-damned lie to say that theseWriting Prompt #1 (freewrite/brainstorm in your journal):
Saved, or knew, anything worth any man's pride.
They were professional murderers and they took
Their blood money and impious risks and died.
In spite of all their kind some elements of worth
With difficulty persist here and there on earth.
1. Choose a character from the index card(s) provided to you.
2. On the back of the card, write a 3x5 poem (a short poem from the perspective/voice of your character)
3. You poem should include a title. Remember to use imagery: metaphor/simile, allusion, alliteration, personification, or any other poetic device you prefer.
4. In the margin, indicate the TONE you are using.
Writing Prompt #2:
1. Using the tone on the paper provided to you, write a poem that uses or sustains this tone.
2. Title your poem (perhaps with your speaker's name or name the setting or theme)
3. Make sure you indicate what TONE you were using.
LAB: Type up your two poem prompts. Put these drafts in your portfolio.
Please create a poem using a specific TONE. Pick an emotional tone for your persona and have that character speak, using appropriate diction, to create the tone you selected.
HOMEWORK: None.
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