For this project, you will be researching a poet and analyzing his or her poems. Here is what you will do:
Step 1: Choose a poet to research from the list below
Step 2: Choose two poems by that poet to read and analyze
Step 3: Create a multimedia presentation that displays the information.
Multimedia presentations can be in PowerPoint, Sway, or other program similar to those.
Presentation components should include:
1 – title page
2 – poet name and picture(s) with citations
3 – 8-10 poet facts
4 – Poem 1 text
5-6 – Poem 1 analysis
7 – Poem 2 text
8-9 – Poem 2 analysis
10 – Works cited page
Poem Analysis Requirements:
- Identify poetic devices in poem
- Explain the significance of the devices (how they enhance or contribute to the poem)
- Give a 2 – 4 sentence summary of the poem’s overall meaning
** Remember to cite any information you use throughout the presentation. Citations should be found on the slide/page in which they occur.
Poets
Rita Dove
Emily Dickinson
Nikki Giovanni
Seamus Heaney
Langston Hughes
William Carlos Williams
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Countee Cullen
William Wordsworth
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Amy Lowell
Dorothy Parker
From Georgia Virtual Learning
http://cms.gavirtualschool.org/Shared/Language%20Arts/10thLitComp/02_PoetryOne/index.html