Page 4 Sonnets
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Page 4 Sonnets
Parabolas and Poetry
Usually, the word "parabola" is used in a conversation about mathematics.
However, in this poem, the poet elevates the word to the realm of art in his description of the flight of the football: "spiralling over his head/ in perfect parabolic flight".
Poets select words for their precision, or exactness, as mathematicians demand in their formulas, equations, and graphs.
| View the following video to learn more about parabolas outside of math class! How many parabolas can you find? |
Flexible thinking requires us to see things in a new way every day.
Writers use analogy to explain a similarity between two unlike things, such as a parabola and the lamp post or a parabola and an egg.
Think flexibly about the following comparisons:
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How is rain like a clock?
- How is truth like an equilateral triangle?
| Read about "Sonnets" on page 64 of ResourceLines 7/8. |
A sonnet is a formal 14 line poem with a definite rhyme scheme, often with a turning point or climax in line 9.
The title, "Ragged Sonnet #64", is ironic because "ragged" suggests something rough and imperfect, yet "sonnet" implies the opposite.
This poem is "ragged" because it lacks the traditional rhyme scheme and metre (beats per line) of a sonnet.
It does have fourteen lines and a turning point in line 9: the coach's practical focus on a win contrasted with Jim's focus on beauty.
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