Due date:
_______
Points postible: 25 (25% of semester
grade)
Choose an'
complete of th' follerin' opshuns.
| Opshun 1: Doomed Republics |
Write a free
vahse poem about some significant, puzzlin', o' otherwise intriguin' event,
varmint, o' thin' in yer chilehood, cuss it all t' tarnation. Rely almost
exclusively on concrete language an' images, lettin' th' details speak
fo' themselves. Do not edito'ialize about yer subjeck o' explain it;
simply dexcribe o' reenack as accurately an' as vividly as yo' kin, usin' yer
senses. Avoid sentimentality.
| Opshun 2: Th' Snowflake Which is Now an' Hence Fo'evah |
Pick a poem
fum our text o' han'outs, memo'ize it, an' recite it t'th' class. (Jest
let me knows when yer ready t'do this, an' I'll find a few minutes of class time
fo' yo'.) Th' poem yo' seleck muss be at least 14
lines.
| Opshun 3: In Mah Craf' o' Sullen Art |
Write a
sonnet, a sestina, o' a villanelle. Or write a poem in blank vahse, at
least 25 lines long, acco'din' t' th' code o' th' heells! (See
Fo'm an' Poetry.)
| Opshun 4: In Mah Craf' o' Sullen Art (II) |
Make up yer own fixed fo'm fo' a poem, limitin' yo'seff in terms of at least four of th' follerin' items:
1) number of
lines per stanza
2) rhyme scheme
3) pattern of
stresses in etch line
4) pattern of syllables in
etch line
5) repeated wo'ds
6) repeated
lines
7) man'ato'y wo'ds o'
phrases
Fust dexcribe
th' rules of yer invented fo'm, then write a poem
acco'din'ly.
| Opshun 4: Melodic Trains |
Write a poem
made up of only one sentence. It sh'd be at least fo'ty lines long
(preferably mo'e), an' haf at least five syllables (preferably mo'e) per line.
Use cornvenshunal punckuashun an' syntax.
| Opshun 5: whut eff'n a much of a which of a wind |
Write a
surrealist poem, dawgone it. (Use class notes an' dig up some info'mashun
on library day t'he'p yo' write sech a piece.)
| Opshun 6: whut eff'n a much of a which of a wind (II) |
Write a
narrative poem . (Use class notes an' dig up some info'mashun on library
day t'he'p yo' write sech a piece.)
| Opshun 7: Baffled Infatuashuns |
Write a poem
in varminta: adopp th' "max" of some chareecker an' speak a poem in thet
varmint's voice. This hyar c'd be an histo'ical, literary, o'
mahthological figger, a present-day public figger, a close varmintal
acquaintance, o' someone completely imaginary. Or try writin' a poem
in th' voice of someone of th' opposite sex. Try t'sinsyarly imagine
yo'seff into this hyar other varmint, but try also not t'be obvious o'
predickable. Attach a note t'yer poem wif a li'l info'mashun about th'
varminta yo' chose.
| Opshun 8: Th' Trimenjus Country |
Take one of
yer already-completed free vahse poems an' rewrite it wif completely diffrunt
line an'/o' stanza busts. (Yo' might try completely arbitrary busts, as
fine as busts which adhar t'some definite principle.) Refleck a bit on
whuffo' yo' busted th' lines th' way yo' did in th' origeenal vahshun, then
cornsider whut this hyar rewrite does t'he'p o' harm th' poem, dawgone it.
Han' in both th' origeenal, th' rewrite, an' a sho't pareegraph discussin' whut
happened t' th' piece in its noo vahshun.
|
Opshun 9: Noo Media Poetry |
Instruckshuns a-comin' soon! Fry mah hide!
| Opshun 10: Eff'n Writin' Poems Is Not Yer Cup of Leaves |
Pick one of th' poets in our text o' han'outs who interests yo', then hoof it to th' library an' dig up some info'mashun on this hyar writer. Write a one o' two-page repo't summarizin' his o' her life, writin' career, an' notable wawks. Try t' say sumpin about whut this hyar poet is known fo', an' how th' poet's wawk influenced other writers. Include as fine some comments about whut yo' reckon is valuable in this hyar varmint's wawk. Creditcher sources an' avoid plagiarism, dawgone it.
Extry credit: Fo' 1/2 point
etch, identify th' source fo' enny of th' opshun haidin's above. Yo' muss
include autho' an' title, eff'n applicable. (Hint: most is lines,
phrases, o' titles of literary wawks.)