PoetryYour Poem: What needs to be in your poem?For this project, your poem needs to:
Your Poem: How do I get feedback on your poem?General Poetry ResourcesBelow are some helpful videos about reading poetry. These videos are geared towards College Freshfolks, however, so you'll need to watch them a couple times most likely.
An Introduction to Stress and Meter--Handout
For Better or Verse--Interactive Poetry Learning Tool
This is a great online tool. You can "scan" poems and get immediate feedback on whether you are right or not! War PoetryPoetry Foundation: The Poetry of World War 1
A chronological list of mainly European poetry written during the Great War. The First World War Digital Poetry Archive "The First World War Poetry Digital Archive is an online repository of over 7000 items of text, images, audio, and video for teaching, learning, and research. The heart of the archive consists of collections of highly valued primary material from major [European] poets of the period, including Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Robert Graves, Vera Brittain, and Edward Thomas." War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities "At its best, WLA is witness to the power of word and image and for the human craving for meaning. And if one of the functions of art is to disturb the status quo, to force us to view the world anew, to consider our capacities to build or tear down, then we welcome those disturbances." |
Your Essay: What do I write about in my essay?
In order to bridge the gap between your research and the first draft of your essay, I had you write a "stuffed outline" - a structure filled with raw research, which can then be stitched together.
For our book, your essay needs to include:
1. Why I chose my event.
2. The Broad Context for my event
3. The immediate context for my event (also called the“proximate cause”)
5. Why my event is important in US history
6. The perspective that I chose
7. Information and commentary about my poem:
For our book, your essay needs to include:
1. Why I chose my event.
2. The Broad Context for my event
3. The immediate context for my event (also called the“proximate cause”)
5. Why my event is important in US history
6. The perspective that I chose
7. Information and commentary about my poem:
- The form I chose
- Rhetorical devices that might interest the reader
- Reflections on the process of writing the poem
Your Essay: How do I get feedback on my essay?
Use this sheet to gauge your own work, and to critique your classmates' work.