LOP - Poet Within Lesson

Poet Within

Prose is different than poetry. Nonetheless, those with a poet's experience of sensitivity to sound, structure and meaning of language tend to be more accomplished in writing prose worth reading.

Reading Assignment: Haiku

Read the following information regarding the origin and structure of the haiku. Take the time to view the different headings at the top of the website. Pay close attention to the key points - this will help when composing a haiku.

Click here to read an article about haiku. Links to an external site.

With a firm grip on the history and requirements of the haiku, it is time to experience a few examples. While viewing these, take note of the haiku elements in the previous resource.

Click here to read examples of haiku. Links to an external site.

Reading Assignment: Sonnets

Read the following resources concerning the history and form of the sonnet.

Click here to read an article about sonnets. Links to an external site.

A screenshot from the Poetry Through the Ages website about sonnets.

Click here to read more about sonnets. Links to an external site.

A screenshot of the Poetry Foundation website about sonnets.

After reviewing the details of sonnets in the previous resources apply the analysis to the following two poems: 

Click here to read "Sonnet 30" by William Shakespeare. Links to an external site.

Below is a video of the reading of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 30." Watch the video below to learn more.

Click here to read a biography of William Shakespeare. Links to an external site.

A painted portrait of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare.

Click here to read "The Flea" by John Donne. Links to an external site.

Click here to read a biography of John Donne. Links to an external site.

A portrait of poet John Donne.

 

A collage of images relating to the sonnet "The Flea" by John Donne. There is a painting of a woman and man in conversation, an illustration of a flea, and a handwritten excerpt of the poem "The Flea" that says: "Mark but this flea, and mark in this, How little that which thou deniest me is; It suck'd me first, and now sucks thee, And in this flea our two bloods mingled be."

 

 

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