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Creative Writing: Poetry (3/14/05)
"Good morning, class. I'm Mr. Raymond and I will be taking over for Mr. Chaucer. I am originally from San Diego. My hobbies include wine and writing novels. I'm sure we've all got a lot to talk about. First, turn in your terza rimas from the 28th, then we'll get settled with this week's poet."
"Robert Burns was often regarded as the national poet of Scotland. He wrote extensively in the Scots language, but a great deal of his work was written in English, using a Scottish dialect. During his lifetime in the late eighteenth century, he wrote hundreds, if not thousands, of poems and songs, and was, unlike so many of the other writers we've studied, quite popular in his own time. So popular, in fact, that when he died, the kindness of his fans supported his widow and children for some time after."
"Your discussion questions:
1) What aspects of his poems do you suppose made them so immensely popular?
2) How does the Scottish dialect affect the reading of the work? Does it make the imagery more powerful? How?"
ASSIGNMENT:
"Choose a modern song, written within the last 10 years, and re-envision the lyrics as a poem. You may make two or three minor changes to the text, but please keep the spirit of the piece. You will be making presentations on these in two weeks time."
"Robert Burns was often regarded as the national poet of Scotland. He wrote extensively in the Scots language, but a great deal of his work was written in English, using a Scottish dialect. During his lifetime in the late eighteenth century, he wrote hundreds, if not thousands, of poems and songs, and was, unlike so many of the other writers we've studied, quite popular in his own time. So popular, in fact, that when he died, the kindness of his fans supported his widow and children for some time after."
"Your discussion questions:
1) What aspects of his poems do you suppose made them so immensely popular?
2) How does the Scottish dialect affect the reading of the work? Does it make the imagery more powerful? How?"
ASSIGNMENT:
"Choose a modern song, written within the last 10 years, and re-envision the lyrics as a poem. You may make two or three minor changes to the text, but please keep the spirit of the piece. You will be making presentations on these in two weeks time."