Poetry Project

Poetry Project

Poetry is said to be a window to someone’s soul. Throughout this unit we will be exploring various types of poems, and learning about the different devices poets use when writing their poems. This project will be a compellation of the poems you have written during this unit and several poems you will analyze to show your understanding of what we have learned.

• Write a two paragraph explanation of the poet’s background including his or her famous works.

• Choose 3 poems to write about. For each one, write: what it means to you, what literary devices from the vocabulary list you used, and what those devices do for the poem’s meaning. Each poem analyzed should be one page in length.

• Choose three poems from the Romantic Period on three topics of your choice. These poems do not have to be from your chosen poet. Possible topics:

􀂃 Love

􀂃 Sadness/despair

􀂃 Hope/hopelessness

􀂃 Meaning of life

􀂃 Life in general

􀂃 Humor

􀂃 Death

• Write a commentary on each poem in which you discuss why you chose this poem and topic. You must also write about the various literary devices from the vocabulary list and what affect they have on the poet’s intended meaning (at least 1 page each).

• Include an artistic representation for three of the poems from either section 1 or section 3 to include in the final bound project