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Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning. Poetry has a long and varied history, evolving differentially across the globe. Writings that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm.
POETRY & PLAYS Genre - Examples
POETRY & PLAYS Genre - Examples
LITERATURE
LITERATURE
Author: Elizabeth Acevedo
The POET X
A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother’s religion and her own relationship to the world. Debut novel of renowned slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. So when she is invited to join her school’s slam poetry club, she doesn’t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out, much less speak her words out loud. But still, she can’t stop thinking about performing her poems.
MUSIC
MUSIC
The Sherman Brothers
UP, DOWN, TOUCH THE GROUND (Winnie the Pooh & the Honey Tree)
1966
"Up, Down, Touch the Ground" is the song Winnie the Pooh sings during his exercise in which he does to make him hungry. The song was written by the Sherman Brothers. The song is first heard in the short, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. An instrumental version of the song can be heard during Piglet's introduction in Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. The song was included in the VHS Disney Sing Along Songs: Heigh-Ho. It was included in the DVD Growing Up with Winnie the Pooh: Love & Friendship. Pooh Bear briefly sings the beginning of the song a cappella in Christopher Robin, but replaces the third line with, "Up, down, turn around."
PLAYS/CINEMA
PLAYS/CINEMA
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
1996
Rated PG-13
The 1996 movie adaptation of Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible” is set during the Salem witch trials of 1692. The story begins with a group of village girls, led by Abigail Williams, who are caught performing a ritual in the woods. To avoid punishment, they start accusing others in the village of witchcraft. The film explores themes of mass hysteria, the dangers of extremism, and the consequences of personal vendettas
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