WWI Poetry II

6V War Poetry Project 
Discussing poetry of the first World War
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6V War Poetry Project 
Discussing poetry of the first World War

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Road map
  • Anthem for Doomed Youth
  • Theory on poetry
  • Work on presentation/ thesis statement 

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Slide 3 - Video

Sonnet
14 lines
iambic pentameter
   /. - / . - / . -/ . -/ . -/

  • English / Shakespearean sonnet
        3 x 4 lines + 2 
  • Italian / Petrarchan sonnet 
        8 lines  + 6 lines 

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Poetic forms
rhyming couplet            2
tercet                                  3
quatrain                             4
quintain / quintet          5
sestet                                 6
septet                                 7 
octet                                   8


Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Sonnet
Turn/ volta

a twist or turn in the argument or train of thought. 

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Poetic forms
foot = at least two syllables, basic unit of measurement in poetry

iambic       / . - /
trochaic    / - . /
spondaic       / - - /
pyrrhic      / .  . /
anapestic  / . . - /
dactylic  / - . . /

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Poetic forms
number of feet per line:

dimeter =  2 feet per line
trimeter  =  3 feet per line
tetrameter = 4 feet per line
pentameter  = 5 feet per line
hexameter = 6 feet per line
heptameter = 7 feet per line
octameter = 8 feet per line

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

What to do?
1. Read your poem
2. Understand the poem
3. If necessary find biographical information on the poet/context
4. Analyse its rhyme scheme
5. Analyse its form
6. Come up with an angle/approach and form a thesis statement. 

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Presentation
  • Introduction + thesis statement
  • Background information on poet
  • Background information on poem
  • Arguments supporting your ts
  • Conclusion

  • 5 -7 mins. 


Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Slide 11 - Tekstslide