poem help

POETRY  PRESENTATION   GUIDELINES  

Presentation  time:  Approx.  1  minute  (50  seconds  to  2  minutes-­‐-­‐Max.)       Select  a  poem  for  presentation  from  your  research.       *Be  sure  the  poem  fits  the  time  requirement  for  this  presentation.  If  it  is  too  long,  you   may  need  to  edit  it  down.  If  it  is  too  short,  you  may  need  to  do  a  poem  series:  add  a   second  or  third  poem  from  the  same  author,  or  one  that  follows  the  same  theme.     In  rehearsal,  keep  in  mind  class  lecture  and  discussion  regarding  engagement  with  and   connection  to  the  text,  the  emotional  life  of  the  poem,  and  your  audience;  the  point  of   view/attitude/intention  of  the  speaker;  how  you  might  communicate  the   message/theme/feeling  of  the  poem  using  the  specific  words,  images,  and  etc.  that  the   poet  has  provided;  how  you  might  affect  your  audience.     You  may  read  from  paper/binder/notebook,  standing  behind  or  in  front  of  the  podium.   As  always,  you  need  to  have  more  eye  contact  with  the  audience  than  the  text—75%.         On  the  day  of  presentation,  you  must  also  turn  in  an  analysis  of  your  poem:     A  typed  copy  of  the  poem  should  be  annotated  noting  various  elements  of  poetry  found   within.  These  features  include  but  are  not  limited  to:  form/structure,  imagery,   voice/persona,  symbols,  archetypes,  simile,  metaphor,  allusion,  personification,   hyperbole,  alliteration,  assonance,  consonance,  rhyme,  onomatopoeia,  etc.  (Consult   your  text  or  lecture  notes.)  Please  make  these  explanatory  notes  and  comments  clearly   and  legibly  on  the  page.     Additionally,  you  should  note  the  theme  of  the  poem  (in  one,  full  sentence)  as  well  as   any  other  important  or  significant  information  or  further  discussion  of  the  elements   noted.  This  might  include  further  discussion  of  symbols  or  metaphors  found  in  the   poem,  imagery,  archetypes,  references  to  historical  events  or  literature,  information   about  the  reason  for  the  poet’s  writing  of  the  poem,  etc.  Consider  why  the  poet  chose   certain  words,  or  chose  to  rhyme  or  not  to,  or  why  he/she  included  or  left  out  certain   features  of  poetry,  etc.  (If  you  do  not  have  enough  space,  please  attach  a  separate  page   STAPLED  to  the  first.)