Note: read the instructions for Monday, which contain an assignment to be done over the weekend.
Monday, August 31
Choose a poem from 100 Best Loved Poems, perform a brief metrical analysis of it (about 250 words), and post it in our Facebook Group before this class.
Bring your scanned printed poems to class (if you missed class on Wednesday, then don't).
In The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, read “Scansion” “Trimeter” “Tetrameter” “Pentameter”
Wednesday, September 2
In The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, read “Rhyme” “Rhyme Scheme" and "Internal Rhyme"
Analyze the same poem you chose for the previous class and focusing on its use of rhyme. What does rhyme contribute to the poem?
Friday, September 4
In The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, read “Alliteration” “Consonance" and "Assonance"
Choose a poem from Please Excuse This Poem and identify uses of alliteration and consonance. Post your analysis in our Facebook Group before this class.