In The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, read "Scansion" "Trimeter" "Tetrameter" "Pentameter"
Write a 1-2 paragraph metrical analysis of "When I Was One and Twenty" and "The Tyger" (you can print them out from here) (scan poems, identify metrical patterns and variations and discuss why the authors chose to write them that way) and post it in our ASULearn forum before next class.
Wednesday, August 31
In class:
The Music of Poetry - lecture and discussion
Assignment:
In The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, read "Rhyme" "Alliteration" "Consonance" "Assonance" "Onomatopoeia"
Choose a poem from The American Voice Anthology of Poetry (ASU Library) and perform a 1-2 paragraph analysis of the use of sound devices discussed.
Post in our ASULearn forum before next class.
Monday, September 5 - Labor Day (no class)
Wednesday, September 7
In class:
The Music of Poetry - lecture and discussion
Assignment:
In The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, read "Form" "Stanza" "Sonnet" "Sestina" "Free Verse"
Perform a 1-page sound analysis of the poem/song you posted on the Catchy Lines assignment, using all the relevant elements of sound we've discussed: metrical analysis and so on.
Post a link to the song, the excerpt, and your analysis in our ASULearn forum before next class.