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POEM PORTFOLIO Before submitting your draft for the portfolio item, review the rubric of p. 25 in • Have I used at least three vocabulary words in my poem?

• Does the poem have appropriate focus?

• Have I used one of the specified forms?

• Have I used a variety of poetic techniques to enhance the poem?

• Does the poem meet the criteria stated in the rubric?

• use the form of an epic or elegy. It is up to you to decide whether to use rhyme.

• Writing Poetry • As you have learned, poetry was a popular form of writing seen throughout the history of British Literature. You have read and examined several forms of poetry in your course of study, such as sonnets, odes, narrative poems, ballads, lyric poems and pastorals. In this unit, you focused specifically on the epic and elegy. Remember that a poem can be multi-faceted; there are many components you need to consider before writing.

Volcabulary Words

• endeavoring striving; trying

• quench extinguish (a fire)

• combustible able to burn or catch on fire

• spent exhausted; drained

• consideration an opinion obtained by careful thought

• apace quickly

• malicious causing injury or damage

• discoursing engaged in conversation

• ogling to glance with amorous invitation

• obliquely indirectly

• exulting rejoicing or celebrating a victory

• repast meal

• assignations appointments to meet in secret

• pungent sharp or stinging to the senses

• ponderous unwieldy or clumsy because of weight and size

• consecrate to make sacred or worthy of awe and worship •