* Quiz
* Journal: Frost (some classes will skip)
- Read "Wind and Window Flower"
- This poem was originally subtitled "A Parable of Modern Love." That subtitle was later taken out of many editions. Knowing the poet's original subtitle, what can you make of the theme of this poem? Do you see examples of this theme in the world today? Explain.
- Read "Acquainted with the Night "
- This form is original, but weaves strands of other forms. From Dante, it hearkens to things you've read in La Vita Nuova (the tercet) that were later refined and perfected in The Divine Comedy (terza rima, Dante's new style). How does this knowledge (that Dante used this terza rima in Inferno, or the journey through hell ) help us interpret the poem?
- What other forms that you have learned does this echo? Explain.
- Read "The Tuft of Flowers"
- Why is the rhyming couplet the perfect form for this poem?
- I hope this helps you begin to see that forms can bring richer meaning to a poem and that you can employ or modify old forms to suit your subject and design.
- Idea: Action Poetry (Billy Collins as our Example)
- More Poems from Billy Collins
HW: Project (present block day next week)
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