Type

Assignment

Due Date

Form

Dacum Organizer--terms/definitions 

ongoing

Terms

Hand Out:  terms/quizes applied throughout unit

ongoing

Poem

Scaffolding--Paragraph 161w--extended metaphor

11/30/00

Analysis

Tone/Theme/Dramatic Situation Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

12/4/00

Type

Narrative (Lady of Shalott) Study Questions (see below)  Paragraph--explain Narrative characteristics

12/5/00

Type

Lyric (Blue Guitar) Study Questions (see below)  Paragraph explaining Lyric characteristics

12/6/00

Analysis

Analysis #1:  Complete requirements for composition (See Analysis Handout)

12/7/00

Poem

(The Snake)  Study Questions (see below) Paragraph:  explain tone

12/8/00

Sonnet

(Ozymandias)  Study Questions (see below) 
(Ozymandias)  Paragraph--discuss irony--2 examples/176w

12/11/00

Poem

(Black Jackets) Study Questions (see below) 
(Black Jackets) Paragraph--explain dramatic situation

12/12/00

Poem

(Downtown Corner Newstand)  Study Questions  (see below)

12/13/00

Essay

500 word essay discussing theme of three poems from unit
You will prepare thumbnail outline and write essay in class next day.

12/14/00

Sound

(Kubla Khan)  Study Questions  (see below)
(Kubla Khan)  Paragraph--explain (2 examples) how sound relates to structure

12/15/00

Poem

(Chicago)  Study Questions (see below)

12/18/00

Poem

(Canoe Trip)   Study Questions  (see below)

12/19/00

Poem 

(Death of a Toad)  Study Questions  (see below)

12/19/00

In Class Review

12/20/00

EXAM

GREAT BIG FAT TASTY POETRY EXAM

12/21/00

This space reserved for an even bigger, tasty assignment in the near future!

Scaffolding

 1.  In a paragraph of 129 words, explain how this poem works as an extended metaphor
      for a relationship. 

Stopping By Woods

 1.  What is trhe nature of the inner conflict experienced by the person in poem.
 2.  What contrast is there between the speaker of the poem and the owner of the woods?
 3.  Why does the speaker mention that the owner of the woods will be unable to see him?
 4.  Give evidence to show that the person in the poem wishes to keep his pastime of woods 
      watching private?
 5.  Explain the meaning of the last three lines.  Give justification for your answer.

Lady of Shalott

 1.  Identify the following narrative features:  setting, complication, crisis.
 2.  Find an example of the use of contrast in the poem.  Carefully explain the two sides of the 
      contrast, and show how the contrast contributes to the effectiveness of the poem.
 3.  Why is Lancelot described in terms of dazzling light and burning heat?  Give reasons
      and illustrations to support your answer.
 4.  Show what the following objects represent or symbolize and give reasons to back your
      ideas:  the tower, the mirror, the tapestry, Camelot, Lancelot's shield.
 5.  In a paragraph using careful illustrations, tell how the theme of freedom is developed.

Man With  Blue Guitar

 1.  What group of individuals does the guitar player represent?  Give Evidence.
 2.  What does his blue guitar symbolize?  Give justification from poem.
 3.  What criticism is levelled against the guitarist by his audience?  Is it fair? Give reasons.
 4.  What is the poet's reply to this criticism?  Explain the meaning in your own words.
 5.  What idead are implied in stanzas two and three of section two?

Snake 

 1.  What is the mood of the first four stanzas?  What is the mood of the klast two stanzas?
      Justify the change in moods.
 2.  Show how the rhyme scheme reinforces the two moods of the poem?
 3.  What mask does the poet adopt?  Is it convincing?  Explain.
 4.  How does the poet really feel towards wild creatures?  Nature?  Justify your answer.

Ozymandias

 1.  What three people recognize the true character of Ozymandias?  Illustrate.
 2.  Show how the sculptor mocked Ozymandias.  What were Ozymandias' 
      reactions while the sculptor worked on his statue?  Indicate the irony here.
 3.  A joke even more monstrous than the one played on Ozymandias by the sculptor
      has been made (according to the sestet)--what is the joke?
 4.  Comment on the appropriateness of the language in three of the following:  
      a shattered visage; sneer of cold command; the heart that fed; that collosal wreck.

Black Jackets

 1.  Is this a strongly emotional poem?  Refer to the type of language used.
 2.  Why is the poem entitled "Black Jackets"?  Write a short paragraph giving
      examples from the poem.
 3.  Give two or three reasons why the boy may have joined the motorcycle gang.
      What evidence is there in the poem to show that the group has developed a cult of its own?
 4.  An image of flickering harbour lights is presented in stanza five.  What ideas are suggested by 
      this image?
 5.  Contrast the life led by "the red-haired boy" during the week with his life on the weekends. 
      

Downtown Corner Newstand

 1.  With reference to two or three illustrations, show how the poet expresses indignation.
 2.  Why is the reference to King and Bay streets climactical?  How does this rerference
       help clarify the rest of the poem?
 3.  In a carefully documented paragraph, show the effects of the city upon the newsies?
                                                                                                                               

Kubla Khan

 1.  What details in stanza one contribute to the impression of Kubla Khan as a powerful and 
      wealthy ruler?
 2.  What evidence is there that Coleridge is thinking of Kubla Khan as an artist?
 3.  Explain the significance of the line -- "I would build that dome in air."
 4.  Show how "Kubla Khan" symbolically refers to the creative process.  Refer to several
      of the following (3): inspiration; source of romantic vision; imagination; reality.
 5.  With reference to the final stanza, explain how a poet may attain superhuman powers.

Chicago

 1.  In a well documented paragraph describe the characteristics of Chicago which makes
      it a desirable city.
 2.  How has personification been used to capture the spirit of the city?
 3.  Show how the form of the poem and its rhythm patterns help to express the character of the
      of the citizens of Chicago.
 4.  Show how in at least three ways poetic language has been effectively used to describe
      the city.
 5.  Comment on the appropriateness of the the use of slogans at the opening of the poem.
      Why are they repeated at the end?

Canoe Trip

 1.  Identify and illustrate three important uses of personification in the poem.  In each, comment
      on the effectiveness of the figure of speech.
 2.  Name and illustrate three ways in which the poet achieves a musical effect in the opening
      stanza.
 3.  Show how the second stanza contrastt with the first.
 4.  Identify and illustrarte the use of repetition in the third stanza.  Comment on the 
      effectiveness of this device.
 5.  In at least two ways show how the final stanza provides a suitable conclusion.

Death of a Toad

 1.  What evidence is there of the toad's pluckiness?  Why does the poet suggest this
      quality in the toad?
 2.  Using three references, show how the poet emphasises the toad's great antiquity?
      What point is the poet making by referring to antiquity?
 3.  Show how the dominant mood of the poem is appropriate to the main subject?
 4.  What does the power mower represent?  Justify your answer.
 5.  Show how the poet makes a neat transition from one stanza to another.