Wednesday, Jan.31 ~ If... you can master a sonnet...

If Quiz, Stanzas 1-2

Finish poetry presentations

Journal 13: Write a practice CAB thesis statement

In Class Essay tomorrow!

Tuesday, Jan.29 ~ Poetry Presentations

MEMORIZATION 

• Just in case you want to get ahead, here is the poem. 
• Quiz on Stanzas 1-2 on tomorrow. 

GRAMMAR

• Take notes on Bedford 32a & 32b.

POETRY

• 10 minutes to finish working with partner(s)
• Presentations begin today and finish tomorrow. 

HW: Study "If".

Monday, Jan.29 ~ Sonnets...GO!

Last chance to take Poetry Devices Quiz before first period tomorrow.

MEMORIZATION 

• Just in case you want to get ahead, here is the poem. 
• Quiz on Stanzas 1-2 on Wednesday. 

POETRY

Review

• Define a sonnet. EQ: Can you analyze a sonnet using its structure?
• What is the difference between Italian and British? 
• Who perfected the Italian? the British?
• What is the organizational shift in the middle called? 
• Go over Journal 11

Journal 12
Directions: Work with your group to work the journal questions with your assigned poem. Be ready to present your sonnet analysis to the class tomorrow.

1) Is this sonnet an Italian or British style sonnet?
2) What poetic devices are present (name at least five) and how do they affect the rhythm, mood or meaning of the poem?
3) Where is the turn and what is the conceptual relationship shown by the structure?

Group 1

Remember

BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Remember me when I am gone away,

         Gone far away into the silent land;

         When you can no more hold me by the hand,

Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.

Remember me when no more day by day

         You tell me of our future that you plann'd:

         Only remember me; you understand

It will be late to counsel then or pray.

Yet if you should forget me for a while

         And afterwards remember, do not grieve:

         For if the darkness and corruption leave

         A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,

Better by far you should forget and smile

         Than that you should remember and be sad.

Group 2

Music Box

BY JORGE LUIS BORGES

TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH BY TONY BARNSTONE

Music of Japan. Parsimoniously

from the water clock the drops unfold

in lazy honey or ethereal gold

that over time reiterates a weave

eternal, fragile, enigmatic, bright.

I fear that every one will be the last.

They are a yesterday come from the past.

But from what shrine, from what mountain’s slight

garden, what vigils by an unknown sea,

and from what modest melancholy, from

what lost and rediscovered afternoon

do they arrive at their far future: me?

Who knows? No matter. When I hear it play

I am. I want to be. I bleed away.

Group 3

Never Again Would Birds' Song be the Same

BY ROBERT FROST

He would declare and could himself believe
That the birds there in all the garden round
From having heard the day long voice of Eve
Had added to their own an oversound,
Her tone of meaning but without the words.
Admittedly an eloquence so soft
Could only have had an influence on birds
When call or laughter carried it aloft.
Be that as may be, she was in their song.
Moreover her voice upon their voices crossed
Had now persisted in the woods so long
That probably it never would be lost.
Never again would birds' song be the same.
And to do that to birds was why she came.

Group 4

Sonnet 130: My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips' red;

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

I have seen roses damasked, red and white,

But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

That music hath a far more pleasing sound;

I grant I never saw a goddess go;

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.

   And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

   As any she belied with false compare.

Group 5 

Holy Sonnets: Death, Be Not Proud

BY JOHN DONNE

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee

Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;

For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow

Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,

Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,

And soonest our best men with thee do go,

Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.

Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,

And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,

And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well

And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?

One short sleep past, we wake eternally

And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

Group 6

To the Poet Before Battle

BY IVOR GURNEY

Now, youth, the hour of thy dread passion comes;

Thy lovely things must all be laid away;

And thou, as others, must face the riven day

Unstirred by rattle of the rolling drums,

Or bugles' strident cry. When mere noise numbs

The sense of being, the sick soul doth sway,

Remember thy great craft's honour, that they may say

Nothing in shame of poets. Then the crumbs

Of praise the little versemen joyed to take

Shall be forgotten; then they must know we are,

For all our skill in words, equal in might

And strong of mettle as those we honoured; make

The name of poet terrible in just war,

And like a crown of honour upon the fight.

Group 7
Sonnet Sickness
BY MR. RENO (Our beloved English teacher from years past)

When I consider sonnets I turn green.
I gag. I heave. Dry heaves, they will not stop
Until I write a quatrain...wait! I mean
An octave! (What I've written is mere slop.)
I cannot do this... meter? When will't end?!!!
As soon as the meter's dial'd I kill the rhyme.
This casualty results when I don't tend  
All sheep at once. I'm running out of time...
Shakespeare'ean hydra! Come at me full force!
My loins I'll gird and stand my ground a man
Who will not shirk from war, nor from the course
will I depart. (my mind has hatched a plan!)
Submission to this yoke (the sonnet's weight)
Now means I've earned the right to graduate.   

Block Day, January 26-27 ~ Devices Quiz

Memorization

If you can keep your head when all about you   

    Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,   

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

    But make allowance for their doubting too;   

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

    Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,

    And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
   If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
   and treat those two impostors just the same;

Poetic Devices Quiz

• Begin J9 when you complete the quiz.
• I will do journal checks toward the end of class. 

POETRY NOTES~ Sonnet Form

• J9: Sonnet Notes from here~ What is the difference between an Italian vs. a British sonnet? 
• EQ: Can you identify a poetic foot? How about the turn aka volta? 

    We'll start with the Italian, sometimes called Petrarch sonnet...














Here are examples of each kind.... Notice the Iambic Pentameter.

Italian (Petrarch) Form

British (Shakespearean) Form

Journal 10 - Sonnet Practice 
For the poem, write a 1/2 page analysis that includes:
1) Is this sonnet an Italian or British style sonnet?
2) What poetic devices are present (name at least five) and how do they affect the rhythm, mood, or meaning of the poem?
3) Where is the turn and what is the conceptual relationship shown by the structure?

Holy Sonnets: Death, be not proud

BY JOHN DONNE

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee

Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;

For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow

Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,

Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,

And soonest our best men with thee do go,

Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.

Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,

And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,

And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well

And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?

One short sleep past, we wake eternally

And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

Journal 11: Sonnet Practice Solo
On your own...Do the journal again based on a sonnet of your choosing.

• Christina Rossetti
• Robert Frost
• Here are a couple from the beloved Mr. Reno
• and so many more!

Poetry Quiz study helps

Here is the quizlet.

Here is the Kahoot.

Wednesday, January 24 ~ Clerihews

Memorization

If you can keep you head when all about you
   Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
   But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
   Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
   And yet, don't look too good, not talk too wise:

Go over J7: "G.O.S.P.E.L."

Heads up! Poetry Devices Quiz on Block Day

HW: Journal 8
Write two Clerihews tonight. (We will share them in class. These are most fun when they address a person we can guess. Keep your class please :) Can you guess mine?

There is a woman foreboded
who always knows when you needed to be coded
Does she have spies that we really should dread?
Or maybe it's as simple as eyes in the back of her head.

Tuesday, January 23 ~ "G.O.S.P.E.L."

POETRY

• Go over devices in J6: "Honest"
• Poetic Devices Quiz on Block Day!

Homework: Journal #7

• Connotation Analysis: What do you think is the power or connotation? List five words from "Gospel" that would not be as effective if they were replaced by another word that shared the same denotation. For example...if he had used the word "squished" instead of "crushed" in the first line, the effect would remind you of a jellyfish rather than a powerful force.
• Find the Devices: Record a quote with a line number where you have found an example of each device (Onomatopoeia, internal rhyme, end rhyme, assonance, alliteration, imagery, simile, metaphor, repetition, couplets, connotation, parallelism, literary allusion, & irony.)

"G.O.S.P.E.L." by Propaganda (CLICK HERE)

1 It's the full story of life crushed into four minutes
2 the entirety of humanity in the palm of your hand,
3 crushed into one sentence listen it's intense right
4 God. Our. Sins. Paying. Everyone. Life.
5 The Greatest Story that’s hardly ever told: GOD. Yes. GOD.
6 The Maker and Giver of Life and by Life I mean any and all manner of substance.
7 Seen and Unseen. What Can and Can’t Be Touched
8 Thoughts, Image, Emotions, Love, Atoms and Oceans
9 GOD.
10 All of it His handiwork, one of which His Masterpiece,
11 made so uniquely that Angels look curiously.
12The one thing in Creation that was made in His imagery,
13 a concept so old, it’s the reason I stay bold
14 GOD breathed into man and he became a living soul,
15 Formed with the intent of being an infinitely, intimately fond
16 Creator and Creation held in eternal bond,
17 And it was placed in perfect paradise till something went wrong.
18 The species got deceived and started lusting for his job,
19 an odd list of complaints.Something ain’t working,
20 and used that same breath He graciously gave us to curse Him.
21 And that sin seed spread through our soul’s genome,
22 And by the nature of our nature, your species, you participated in the mutiny.
23 Our – yes, our sins separate us from GOD.
24 It’s nature inherited. Blacken the human heart.
25 It’s over before it started.
26 Deceived from Day One and led away by our own lust.
27 There’s not a religion in the world that doesn’t agree that something’s wrong with us.
28 The question is, what is it and how do we fix it?
29 Are we eternally separated from a GOD that may or may not have existed?
30 But that’s another subject.
31 Let’s keep grinding.
32 Besides, trying to prove GOD exists is like defending a lion hommie
33 He don’t need the help. Just unlock the cage.
34 Let’s move on, on how our debt can be paid.
35 Short and sweet: The problem is sin, yes sin.
39 It’s a cancer, an asthma, choking out our life force,
40 forcing separation from a perfect and Holy GOD.
41 The only way to get back is to get back to perfection but, silly us…
42 Trying to pass the course of life without referring to a syllabus…this is us.
43 Heap up your good deeds – chant, pray, meditate.
44 All of that, of course, is spraying cologne on a corpse.
45 Or you could choose to ignore it, as if something don’t stink.
46 It’s like stepping in dog poop and refusing to wipe your shoe,
47 But all of that ends with how good is good enough?
48 Take your silly list of good deeds and line them up with perfection – good luck!
49 That’s life past your pay grade.
50 The cost of your soul? You don’t got a big enough piggy bank,
51 but you can give it a shot.
52 But I suggest you throw away the list
53 because even your good acts are an extension of your selfishness,
54 But here’s where it gets interesting,
55 I hope your closely listening,
56 and don’t get it twisted. It’s what makes our faith unique.
57 Here’s what GOD says in Part A of the Gospel,
58 You can’t fix yourself. Quit trying. It’s impossible.
59 Sin brings death. Give GOD His breath back. You owe him.
60 Eternally separated and the only way to fix it is for someone to die in your place.
61 Someone got to be perfect, or the payment ain’t permanent,
62 So if and when you find a perfect person,
63 get him or her to willingly trade their perfection for your sin and indebtment.
64 Clearly, since the only one that can meet GOD’s criteria, is GOD.
65 GOD sent Himself as Jesus to pay the cost for us.
66 His righteousness, His debt functions as payment.Yes, payment.
67 He wrote a check with His Life but, at the Resurrection we all cheer,
68 because that means the check cleared
69 Pierced feet, pierced hands – blood-stained Son of Man,
70 Fullness, forgiveness, free passage into The Promised Land.
71 That same breath that GOD brings into us, GOD gave up to redeem us.
72 Anyone and everyone, and by everyone, I mean everyone
73 who puts faith and trust in Him and Him alone
74 can have full confidence of GOD’s forgiveness.
75 And here’s what the promise is:
76 That you are guaranteed full access to return to perfect unity
77 by simply believing in Christ and Christ alone.
78 You are receiving Life. Yes. Life.
79 This is the gospel...
80 God. Our. Sins. Paying. Everyone. Life.

Monday, Jan. 22 ~ "If" you can finish without losing your mind...

EQ: Can you confidently identify the poetic devices within a poem?

• Discuss J4 ~ Could you identify all the devices? 

Carousel Walk: Your goal is to make sure that you can identify the device within each example. You are welcome to take notes, but it is not required.

Today's Featured Device- Enjambment- from a French word enjambment, means to step over or put legs across. In poetry it can be defined as a thought or sentence that does not come to an end at the line break but continues on to the next line. Why do poets use this feature? Where do you see it in the first stanza of "If"?

MEMORIZATION: "If" by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you

 Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

 But make allowance for their doubting too.

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

 Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,

Or being hated, don't give way to hating,

 And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;

 If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster,

 And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

 Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

 And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make a heap of all your winnings

 And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

 And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

 To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

 Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

 Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

 If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

 With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

 And—which is more—you'll be a Man, my son!

[or a Woman my daughter!]

HW: Journal 6: "Honest"

• Identify all the numbered devices in the poem.

"Honest" by Rudy Francisco

Dear hands, I get it.
You like writing poems,

But you can't bring a metaphor to a gun fight.*

Dear eyes,

There are things that I would tell you  (1)

But we both know how terrible you are at keeping secrets. (2)

Dear heart

I trust you

Don’t **** this up

Dear hands, I said I know

That you like writing poetry,

But you can't bring a metaphor to a gun fight.*

Dear legs

Walking is the easy part

Now find a reason.

Dear Brain

You’re a good listener

But you give terrible relationship advice.

Dear hands, I know    (all the bold 3)

That you like writing poetry,

But you can't bring a metaphor to a gun fight.

I was born on July 27th, I hear that makes me a Leo
I don't really know what that means

I'm 5 foot 6... and a half. I weigh a hundred and forty-five pounds.

I don't know how to swim, and I'm a sucker for a girl with a nice smile

And clean sneakers. (4)

I'm still learning how to whisper

I'm often loud in places where I should be quiet

I'm often quiet in places where I should be loud (5)

I was born feet first and I've been backwards ever since (6)

I like ginger ale...

a lot.

I've been told that I give really bad hugs

People say that it feels like I'm trying to escape
Sometimes it's because I am, and secretly I get really nervous (7)
Every time someone gets close enough to hear me breathe.

I have this odd fascination with things like sand castles and ice sculptures
I assume it's because I usually find myself dedicating time to things
That will only last a few moments

That's also why I tend to fall in love with women

Who would never love me back

I know it sounds crazy, but it's actually much easier than it seems

And to be honest, I think it's safer that way

See relationships, they often remind me that I'm not afraid of heights or falling

But I'm scared of what's gonna happen

The moment that my body hits the ground

I'm clumsy. Yesterday, I tripped over my self-esteem (8)

I landed on my pride and it shattered like an iPhone with a broken face (9)

Now I can't even tell who's trying to give me a compliment

I've never been in the military, but I have this Purple Heart (10)

I got it from beating myself up over things I can't fix

I know it sounds weird but sometimes,

I wonder what my bed sheets say about me when I'm not around (11)

I wonder what the curtains would do if they found out

About all the things that I've done behind their backs

I've got a hamper that's overflowing with really, really loud mistakes

And a graveyard in my closet, I'm afraid that if I let you see my skeletons

You'll grind my bones into powder (12) and get high on my fault lines (13)

Hi, my name is Rudy

I enjoy frozen yogurt, people watching

And laughing for absolutely no reason at all

But I don't allow myself to cry as often as I need to

I have solar-powered confidence, I have a battery-operated smile (14)

My hobbies include editing my life story, hiding behind metaphors

And trying to convince my shadow that I'm someone worth following (15)

I don't know much, but I do know this

I know that heaven is full of music

I know God listens to my heart beat on his iPod

It reminds him that we still got work to do.