We continue our way through the poetry packet - with not too many types of poetry left to cover! That means you need to have ethos on every type of poem and all of the poetic terms - new or old - for our future analysis.
2: We spent our time finishing up "Adonais" and looking at "O Captain" to finish up our look at elegies and all those caesuras! To make class even more "interesting," Carsyn and Ashlyn volunteered to perform the ever-dramatic "Porphyria's Lover." We will finish up the packet tomorrow by looking at all of those sonnets and the villanelle! Then, our life will be Shakespeare and MC and psychoanalysis!
4: Our class finished up the "Ode," looking at the varying interpretations of the French Revolution and the dirge of Romantic thought in poetry. Then, we spent quality time with the elegy and all the examples of caesura filtering through the poems. Tomorrow, we will be with Porphyria, or at least with her for a little time.
7: I have never seen such passion on the debate whether "Ode to the West Wind" represents the French Revolution or the philosophical Romantic Revolution! I hope we won't have anyone going to the guillotine! We spent quality time on this ode, which was well worth it to break down all of the various poetic elements. Tomorrow will be elegies and the rest of the packet (or at least an attempt at it)!
No comments:
Post a Comment