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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."
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2) How does the Scottish dialect affect the reading of the work? Does it make the imagery more powerful? How?
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"Mr. Raymond? I was one of the students that was taking Western Lit as an Independent Study and I was wondering when you would like to set up meetings for that?"
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He also wrote a ton of "thou shalt" and "e'vntide beckons" and "O woe is't to be thine enemy" type poetry, but that's the mun being a geek."Re: Sign In
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After returning from work
With his name he signs
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On a Fair Day
On a crisp autumnal morn,
A maid went walking to the fair
And passing by a field of corn
She heard a voice cry, "'Ware!"
She turned and spied an ancient crone
With wrinkled face and gray of hair
Who said, "Lass, best you take this stone
To pay the troll there his fee
If o'er yon bridge you walk alone."
With thanks the lass went on to see
With stone in hand this horrid troll
And it made her scared as scared could be.
"Master, here you take your toll,"
She said, "And on my way then I'll go."
He raged, "This is not gold, but coal!"
The maiden cried, "Alas, and woe!
Please, sir, forgive my sorry art,
But 'twas the old woman told me so."
The troll replied, "I see your heart,
I know you know not what you did,
It means now I must from here part.
"Long has she tried this bridge to rid
Of me, this spot's little curse,
But I'll obey only an innocent bid,.
"'Twas yours, and for me it goes worse."
The troll sighed and turned and fled,
while the stone she put in her little purse.
The maiden shook her pretty head,
"Sir, I'm sorry," was all she said.
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As for the dialect, I'm not entirely sure. It certainly gives you an idea of the rhythm he was going for which in some other poems you might not get the idea of how the author envisioned the poem being read.
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terza rima not haiku,
help yourself to food.
[gah... sorry. I can't stop!
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[OOC: I took the teaching gig because I knew it'd be low involvement, hence me just tossing up an extra thread for you guys on Tuesday. Unless I forget. In which case somebody poke me in OOC]
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[ooc: *cackles* I suppose it would be mean to drag out Kiki's previous WL:IS meetings. "Low involvement" isn't often an accurate descriptor for them!! *g* I'd use those to gratuitously pander to my inner lit geek...]