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English III Group Poetry Project: Contemporary Female Poets

Joe Beck, Sally Smith, Jeff Sald, Christy Kline

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George Simpson

  • Born October 5th, 1920 in Sweden
  • Dropped out of high school
  • Studied Forestry
  • Inspired by Shakespeare
  • Collector of spices
  • Wrote 10,000 poems
  • Always used cats in poems (picture here)
  • Disappeared at sea
  • Inventor of “wrapped” poem technique
  • Married seven women; divorced each of them

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“Silver Snow” by George Simpson

Silver Snow

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Snow fall all around

A white blanket on the ground

The air is cold; the wind is ice

A warm fire would be so nice

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“Silver Snow” Analysis

  • Meaning: This poem describes a winter scene. The speaker wishes for a warm fire.
  • Analysis:
    • This poem uses imagery with words such as snow, ground, warmth
    • This poem uses a metaphor when it says the snow is “a white blanket on the ground”
    • This poem uses rhyme: ground/around, ice/nice

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Poet # 2

  • 10 Facts and Image

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Copy of Poem #2

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“Poem” Analysis #2

  • Meaning: This poem
  • Analysis:
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Poet #3

  • 10 Facts and image

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Copy of Poem #3

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“Poem” Analysis

  • Meaning: This poem
  • Analysis:
    • This poem uses
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Poet #4

  • 10 Facts and Image

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Copy of Poem 4

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“Poem” Analysis

  • Meaning: This poem
  • Analysis:
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Compare and Contrast (one slide for entire presentation)

  • Similarities Between Poets and Poem
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  • Differences Between Poets and Poems
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Best Poet

  • Our group voted …. as the best poet because ……..

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Work Cited (arrange alphabetically)

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  • Bowler, Ellen, et al., eds. Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1996. Print.
  • Marshall, Kristine E., Laura Mongello, and Katie Vignery, eds. Holt Elements of Literature Fifth Course. Orlando: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2006. Print.
  • Use http://www.oslis.org/resources/cm/mlacitationse to create any additional citations other than the textbook��