POETRY
"The City of Yes and the City of No" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Open the poem below and complete the following:
1. Locate and apply at least two ideas each for the city of yes to the World State; city of no to Malpais.
2. If the narrator were from the novel, who would the speaker be? Explain your choice.
3. Create a table and list at least five traits that would represent your own cities of yes and no. Where would each be, generally speaking? (ex. Sudbury? Canada?)
1. Locate and apply at least two ideas each for the city of yes to the World State; city of no to Malpais.
2. If the narrator were from the novel, who would the speaker be? Explain your choice.
3. Create a table and list at least five traits that would represent your own cities of yes and no. Where would each be, generally speaking? (ex. Sudbury? Canada?)
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"Did I Miss Anything?" by Tom Wayman
Questions:
1. Explain the significance of the following, and how each impacts our understanding.
a) the indents on every other stanza
b) the use of repetition for the words ‘everything’ and ‘nothing’
c) the humourous tone to the poem
2. Write your own rhetorical poem in the same style as Wayman’s.
1. Explain the significance of the following, and how each impacts our understanding.
a) the indents on every other stanza
b) the use of repetition for the words ‘everything’ and ‘nothing’
c) the humourous tone to the poem
2. Write your own rhetorical poem in the same style as Wayman’s.
Small Group Poetry Project
View p. 33 of course materials. Choose one of the selections from Echoes 11 and prepare a dramatic reading of your poem, a media product, and a short presentation about the poem. Include details about the poem's meaning, its use of various literary devices, and their overall impact on the reading and meaning of the poem. See rubric to the right.
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Sample Poetry Analysis
Read "The Little Black Boy" by William Blake. Note word choices, devices, imagery, rhyme, rhythm, etc. that might be apparent in the poem. Consider how these impact the reading and meaning in the poem. Share your ideas with your partner to prepare a coherent and clear analysis of the poem.