Poetry Portfolio assignment sheet 2.0 – Checklist

Part 1 -  Poems by Renowned, Published Authors

• Typed exactly as it appears
• Roughly 10 - 20 lines in length.

• If you want to include short poetry, three of these equal  one entry.  No more than two sets of short poems
• You may use longer poetry

• Must include Title and Author
• No more than 1 poem per author
• Poems are numbered (organized)
• Write a paragraph discussing the use of one literary device.

• Demonstrate how the author uses that literary device throughout the poem
• Explain how the author’s use of that literary device impacts the meaning of the poem

• Write a paragraph discussing why you chose that poem.  You may use one of the following stems to get you started

1. In this poem, I wondered what was meant by…

2. I really liked this poem's idea because…

3. The mood of the poem reminded me of …

4. The description of _____________ in this poem made me think of ....

5. This poem reminded me of the ___________ (another poem, story or film) because…

6. I once had an experience like the one described in this poem, in which....

7. The setting of this poem is important because ...

8. When I read this poem, I imagined ...

Part 2 – Your Original Poems

• Write 7 poems in at least 5 different forms

• Blues

• Min. 4 stanzas

• Ballad

• Min. 3 stanzas

• Sonnet
• Free Verse

• Minimum of 12 lines

• Tanka

• 2 Tanka = 1 poem

• Self-created form* - This one is mandatory

• Write a paragraph discussing your use of one literary device

• Explain how you used the literary device throughout the poem

• This means you should deliberately using literary devices in your work.

• Explain how your use of that literary device impacts the meaning of the poem

• Write a paragraph reflecting on your use of diction within the poem

• Discuss why you chose to use specific words within the poem. You may want to point out what some possible alternatives would have been and how using another word would have changed the poem
• Explain any allusions of which the reader may be unaware

Part 3 – Glossary

• Include the definitions of all the literary terms provided in class:  alliteration, allusion, assonance, ballad, blank verse, connotation, couplet, denotation, extended metaphor, form, free verse, hyperbole, idiom, imagery, irony, (dramatic, situational, and verbal irony) lyric poem, meter, metaphor, narrative poem, onomatoepoia, personification, poetry, pun, refrain, repetition, rhyme, rhyme scheme, rhythm, simile, speaker, stanza, voice
• Include the specifications of each of the forms covered in class : blues, ballad, sonnet, free verse, tanka
• Include the name and specifications of your invented form

• Include information about #of lines per stanza, # of stanzas, rhyming, rhyme scheme, etc.

Presentation – your poetry book MUST INCLUDE:

• Cover page with Title, your name, and period
• Table of contents

• T of C should list every work that is presented in this volume.
• Obviously, if you have a T of C, your pages should be numbered.

• Volume should be bound in a report cover

    -- Optional considerations --

• You may use whatever fonts you feel embody your poem.  Your analysis should be in a standard, formal font (Times New Roman, Arial, Tahoma, Georgia)
• You may include illustrations