Monday, October 24, 2011

poetry monday

today's lesson focused on poetic meter - we discussed it, learned the different names for rhythms and meters, and clapped out some beats (we especially liked jumping to denis lee's "rattlesnake" - if that's not a beautiful dactylic dimeter, i don't know what is!)
anyhow - when 'told' by poetry and pizzaz to analyze the poems into metres and rhythms, we took poetry matters advice and did not     (what a way to kill a budding love of poetry!)

                              washing
                              masheen
                              beat clothes
                              to clean
                              bashing
                              stockings
                              smashing
                              blue jeans
                              water lashing
                              dirt out
                              dashing


                              settle swiftly
                              water weary
                              grey


this                         the                               self
is                            noth                              falling
a                             ing                                 into
po                           ness                               the
em                          this                                  nitty
a                              po                                    witty
bout                        em                                     rhythm
no                            is                                        of
thing                        a                                         this
in                              bout                                    nitty
par                           is                                          witty
ti                               so                                          song
cu                             in
lar                            tense
but                           that
it                               you
tra                            can
vels                          not
down                       deny
a                               ev'n
page                         if
fas                            you
ter                            try
than                         you
a                               will
good                        find
book                        your

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