| AP Literature & Composition-Unit Five |
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| Essential Questions: 1. What is the poem’s central purpose? How does poetic form impact a poem’s purpose (author’s purpose)? 2. What does a poem gain by shifts in meaning? Syntax? Tone? 3. How does meter impact the overall tone of the poem? |
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| Unit Vocabulary |
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| Reading Selections Epigrams Ben Jonson- “To my reader” “To my book” “Of death” “Of life and death” Sonnet Study Sir Philip Sidney Excerpts from Astrophel and Stella Shakespeare “Winter”-p.5 “Shall I compare thee…”-p.9 “That Time of Year”-p. 245 Spencer From the Amoretti and Epithalamion III, VII, XXIIII, XXX Villanelle Dylan Thomas “Do Not Go Gentle...” p. 247 Sestina E. Bishop “Sestina”-on line Ode Keats “Ode on a Grecian Urn”-p. 276 |
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| Writing Process 1. Respond to the following quote: “Poetry is central to existence, something having unique value to the fully realized life, something that we are better off for having without which we are spiritually impoverished.” ( –p.2 Sound and Sense) 2. Selected poetry comprehension questions in Sound and Sense 3. Grammar Focus: control of verb tense and pronoun consistency-corresponding chapters in Writing with Style Writing Focus: Explication Essay |
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| Author Focus |
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| IMAGES "Ben Johnson." No date. On line Image. Public domain painting. The Halloway Pagess. 1 May 2003. 10 Aug. 2008 <hollowaypages.com/images/jonson1.jpg>. "Dylan Thomas." No date. On line Image. The Dylan Thomas Boathouse at Laugharne. 2003. 10 Aug. 2008 <www.dylanthomasboathouse.com/.../youngdylan.jpg>. "John Keats." No date. On line Image. Public domain painting. Poet Seers. 10 Aug. 2008 <www.poetseers.org/the_romantics/john_keats/keats/>. "William Shakespeare." No date. On line Image. Public domain painting. Visiting Stratford-Upon-Avon. " 10 Aug. 2008 <http://www.visiting-stratford.co.uk/images/shakespeare_portrait.JPG>. |
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| Last Updated On: Aug 10, 2008 |
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| Poetry Classical Forms |
| Unit Vocabulary Reading Selections Writing Process Tools Author Focus |
| Author Biography |
Author Links |
| Ben Jonson |
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| Sir Philip Sidney |
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| William Shakespeare |
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| Edward Spencer |
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| Dylan Thomas |
Listen to "Do Not Go Gentle" |
| E. Bishop |
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| John Keats |
| Concepts |
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| Poetic Forms Poetic Language Sonnets Metrical Romance Syntax Imagery |
Ballad (literary) Elegy Epic Poem Enjambment End-stopped line Fixed Form Villanelle Open Form Alliteration Assonance Consonance Onomatopoeia Rhyme End Eye Internal Masculine Feminine Exact Near/Slant Terza Rima |
Meter/Foot Rhythm Prosody Scansion Iambic Trochaic Anapestic Dactylic Spondee Blank verse Metaphor Implied Extended Controlling Synecdoche Metonymy Personification Simile |
Stanza Couplet Octave Quatrain Sestet Tercet Triplet Envoy Sestina Ballad Sonnet Shakespearian Italian/Petrarchan Spenserian Sonnet |
| Vendler-Exploring a Poem Handout |
| Epigrams (on line sources) |
| Sidney-Sonnet Excerpts (on line source) |
| Spencer-excerpts from Amoretti (on line source) |
| "Sestina" (on line source) |