Poetry
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue,
Most poems rhyme,
This one ... doesn't.
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Poetry Anthology here: |
Some additional poetry you might wish to consider for the Anthology unit: Metaphors? Similes? Onomatowhatsit? Some useful technical vocabulary here:
Mid Term Break questions below:
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What you need to do now: Read the anthology and work on your writing task. Choose any two or three poems and write about them in detail. Compare them, discuss why you liked them and identify the poets' skills in writing them. Here's some basic framework help: |
Seamus Heaney's Blackberry Picking and Mid Term Break video footage below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGxkRc0rd0o