Poetry, Poetry, Poetry

We have been easing our way into poetry, its structure, its devices, its motifs, its conceits, its forced rhyme scheme.

Now, the time has come for serious, thorough, over-analysis of poetry, which will begin on Thursday and progress into Shakespeare next week.

In order to prep for Thursday, you will need your new vocab expert word ready to go, the Donne Songs & Sonnets box prompt completed, and the Rangefinders for the poetry diagnostic prompt scored. After we attend the items listed above, we will move onto feet. Yes, feet. And if you are not sure what feet have to do with poetry, you will very shortly.

And, I suppose I should highlight what we did in class today -- other than use our vocabulary words to critique essay writing. We discussed Donne's sonnets, shared Petrarch/Donne box prompts, and copied down unit 5 vocabulary. And, I wore my Abbey Road Dress by Leifsdottir, which has the same black, red, and white color symbolism as a Donne sonnet. As per my life, this was a completely random occurrence.