Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Poetry Portfolio

Due Wednesday, May 15

Three love poems (at least one using a fixed meter -- iambic pentameter, or other meters, 8 syllable lines, six syllable lines, etc.)

Three poems of social commentary or protest

Two narrative poems These can include the poems we worked on in class or not as you choose.

They must be typed.

Rubric:

* Is there evidence of engagement and energy on the part of the writer?

* Do the poems use language in surprising ways (literary devices, juxtaposition, etc)

* Do the poems as a whole catch fire, breathe life into life, dance, roar, shout out with joy, or conversely, go quietly, almost at a whisper, yet incisively turning the heart over with their truths?

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