Poetry paper

Poetry paper

Task one; poetry writing exercise

Poem writing exercises provide the poet with the benefit and opportunity to practice new and better forms as well as brainstorming. Also, it’s a great way of learning to write and refreshing the style of writing. An example of a writing exercise is one that requires the determination of a title and creation of a list downwards. This list might include fears, accomplishments among others which are later expanded, as an illustration, “incompetency feels like a fish in an aquarium, always trying to swim, hitting but just glass.” The use of similes comes in handy for inspiration purposes for example, “the leaves rustled like many whispered conversations.” Other exercises involve sensory observations, the description of a scene and the making of metaphors to come up with a complete poem.

Task 2; the poetry foundation

The poetry foundation developed from the Modern Poetry Association in 2003 which was after receiving a contribution from philanthropist Ruth Lily. The site features articles, audio and video recordings including educational content. The foundation encourages the minorities through creative writing awards, readings as well as lectures focusing on the work and life of poets. An illustration from poetry loud is the Acquainted with the night by Robert Frost.

Poetry prompts are ways of inspiring poets by thinking creatively and challenging them to write differently. Robert writes his poem expressing its issue clearly and explicitly in as much as at some point it feels uncomfortable. This is based on nature, an environmentally alert issue that is important to him. He chooses a metaphor which he limits himself as it is a consistent strand throughout the poem. He goes further and organizes his own poetry-life-drawing setup where he spends real time writing to sketch notes and lines about what he sees, feels or imagine in his surrounding and then finish the poem later.

The choice of words in this poem is like poetry and parenthood where each word has a specific meaning relative to the former and the next accompanying word in the same line. He minds storms which aid him in writing all things the words make him think of. The verbs and nouns associated with the words help visualize the character-traits, images as well as achieve the desired meaning.

Task three; outreach preparation

For closure lessons, the ABCs of poetry an activity that allows the learner to play with words and letters in a creative way using their unique understanding and experience in making something ordinary turn out new and exciting. Discovering the structure and form of poems using concrete poems is yet another closure lesson.it provides an enjoyable experience that focuses the attention on how the poet does more than just putting words together but doing so meaningfully. Finally, the use of art as a source of inspiration by pieces of art that aid in composing a booklet of poems about the chosen topic. These lessons are best suited for the middle-aged (16-19). This is because of the already existing knowledge about poetry they have already gained at their early stages of life. However, this lessons can be adapted by adults in the perfection of their career as well as advancement.

Task four; lessons of poetry

Several lessons such as characteristics of poetry, poetry itself, parts of poetry, alliteration, sensory images as well as personification could work best as opener lessons to learners. This is due to the fact that the learner is able to note the characteristics of poetry as a genre, recognize several styles and types of poetry for purposes of fluency in writing and expression. The learners will have the ability to identify and use sensory images as well as examples of personification.

For purposes of full lessons, lessons such as considering the snail by Thom Gunn help define poetry and the nature of its language, effects and the development of understanding the half-rhyme and enjambment. A lesson on Mr. Bleaney by Philip Lark aids in exploring the ability of a poet in building a sense of place and using it to give the clues about the character and development of skills of close reading.  The ability to focus on allusion is clearly brought up in the lesson on next to course god America by Cummings by taking a look at the specific satirical mode of allusion in order to understand features of modernism.

Closed form poetry similarly referred to as fixed form comprises of poems which follow the pattern of lines, rhymes as well as stanzas, unlike the open form. Examples of closed-form poetry include sonnet which has been popular and follows a specific rhyme scheme, for instance, the sonnet 18. Similarly, another example is the villanelle that consists of 19 lines and has a rhyme scheme. A characteristic feature of the closed form poetries is the rhyme scheme.

In conclusion, the books I Never Told Anyone, Poetry Everywhere and the Adventures of Dr. Alphabet hold a strong view on poetry and its development. Each of this books suggests an age bracket that perfectly suits their uses although each suggests that any age bracket can borrow for purposes of advancement in poetry. More can still be done on the books just to ensure that the basics of poetry are covered as poetry is just as wide as any other career option.