guess that poet(m)
The author of the poem that inspired the golden shovel poetry genre.
Gwendolyn Brooks
Define an acrostic poem
A poem where the first letter of every line spells out a word/phrase/sentence
Allowing a group of people to read your work and give you feedback
Workshop
What is a volta
Shift/turn of perspective/argument/mindste, included in most sonnets
Inspired by Brooks’ Poem, this poet created the “golden shovel” poetic form.
Terrance Hayes
What is a Contrapuntal
A poem presented in columns (typically 2) that is 3 poems in one (can be read left to right, right to left, and straight across)
A visual art piece/poem that takes on the form of an existing poem but removes or crosses out words to create a new poem
Erasure poetry aka black-out poetry
How many lines and quatrains are in a Shakespeare sonnet?
14 lines, 3 quatrains
What is Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem that inspired the golden shovel genre called?
We Real Cool
What is a Petriarchan/Italian Sonnet?
14 lines, one octet, 1 sestet, rhyme scheme is ABBA ACCB DEDEFF
Alphabet poem, the first letter of every line/stanza spells out the alphabet
Abecedarian
Name 3 common poetic devcies
Ex: rhyme, alliteration, metaphor, assonance
Mention one thing you’ve learned from this class (can be a poetic term or just something you never knew until this class)
Yay you did it :) proud of you
Define an American sonnet
No rhyme scheme or meter, 14 lines, typically an argument with a turn (Volta) around line 7 or 8
Type of found poem, taking words from books or other pieces of work
Cento
What is an oulipian constraint?
A poetic challenge that involves the removal of one or more words or letters to yield an expanded poem
Name a poem that we read for class (could also be poem a day) that stuck out to you and why
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Define a ballad and give one example you know
Very long narrative poem, often sung, about a person/hero, how someone has bested something else, the hero typically dies
Discusses a person/place/thing usually in a positive way, long poem, in praise of something in particular
Ode
What is it called when line breaks break sentences to be in two or more lines
Enjambment