3.4 Creating Poetry
Completion requirements
Your Turn to be the Poet!
Using your learned knowledge and skills, it is now time for you to become the poet! You will create your own 12+ line poem, and will then complete one of the Personal
Response Worksheets to show how you have demonstrated the use of poetic techniques within your poem to ensure that your intended message is conveyed to the reader. Your poem must be connected to, and must reflect, the famous poetry line of Canadian
poet, Alden Nowlan, in his poem, "Johnnie's Poem," which is written below.
"We write about what we feel deepest and hardest...."
What will completing this Creating Poetry exercise help you to know, understand, and do?
Know - will equip you with knowledge of the correct poetry figurative language terminology (figures of speech and sound devices)
Understand - will help you to recognize and appreciate that well structured and meaningful poetry requires purposeful and skillful creation in order to effectively convey its messages
Do - will enable you to create poetry that shows improved poetic technique for more meaningful creation
Your Turn to be the Poet!
Using your learned knowledge and skills, it is now time for you to become the poet! You will create your own 12+ line poem, and will then complete one of the Personal
Response Worksheets to show how you have demonstrated the use of poetic techniques within your poem to ensure that your intended message is conveyed to the reader. Your poem must be connected to, and must reflect, the famous poetry line of Canadian
poet, Alden Nowlan, in his poem, "Johnnie's Poem," which is written below."We write about what we feel deepest and hardest...."
~ Alden Nowlan
Step 1: Before you begin, examine the 3.4 Poetry Creation Rubric to assist you with knowing the assignment expectations.
Step 2: Review the full short, but meaningful poem, "Johnnie's Poem" as an exemplar for your own poetry writing.
Step 3: Read and follow the instructions for this assignment very carefully. Use your learned knowledge and skills to create your
own original poem using a blank computer page.
Your poem must show a connection to or reflection of the main idea of the provided quote. Using a life experience that has made you feel “deepest and hardest,” create a poem that is at least 12 lines in length.
Your poem must show a connection to or reflection of the main idea of the provided quote. Using a life experience that has made you feel “deepest and hardest,” create a poem that is at least 12 lines in length.
- It is your choice as to whether you choose an experience that is positive or negative in nature, but whatever your choice, it is important that you use strong poetic voice to present the ideas.
- Your poem must demonstrate the use of strong poetic technique (use short notes for reference). If any words, such as “the” or “and,” or other non-meaningful words do not add to the meaning, then you should omit them from the piece. You need to make concise and meaningful word choices throughout. Write your poem, and then if time permits, put it away until the next day to allow you to see it with “new critical eyes” after a break from it!
- You may wish to review these Emotion or Free Verse Poems to help you with some writing ideas. Remember that your poem must be your own creation, must be original, and cannot use any words of other people.
- Complete the Personal Response Worksheet to make sure you have included enough meaningful information in your poem, and that you have used an appropriate number of poetic techniques. If you struggle to complete the worksheet, you will need to work on your poem some more.
- Once you have completed your final polished draft of your poem, choose a page layout that is attractive and appropriate, and create your final copy for submission. You will submit both your poem and your "Responding Personally to My Own Poetry" Worksheet for evaluation.
Step 4: Save your assignment as FirstnameLastname3.4CreatingPoetry.
Step 5: This assignment has been set so you can upload 2 files. Submit your poem first as draft only, and then submit your completed worksheet as draft also. Once both are submitted as draft, you
may then select submit as usual and both files will be uploaded to Moodle.
What will completing this Creating Poetry exercise help you to know, understand, and do?
Know - will equip you with knowledge of the correct poetry figurative language terminology (figures of speech and sound devices)
Understand - will help you to recognize and appreciate that well structured and meaningful poetry requires purposeful and skillful creation in order to effectively convey its messages
Do - will enable you to create poetry that shows improved poetic technique for more meaningful creation