Animating Poetry: Reading Poems about the Natural World
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- Author:
- Individual Authors
- Subject:
- Arts, Humanities
- Institution Name:
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Collection:
- EDSITEment
- Grade Level:
- Primary
- Abstract:
The purpose of this project is two-fold: first, to encourage students to make the reading of poetry a creative act; and, second, to help students appreciate particular literary devices in their functions as semaphores or interpretive signals. Those devices that are about the imagery of a poem (metaphor, simile, personification, description) can be thought of as magnifying glasses: we see most clearly that upon which the poet focuses our gaze. Similarly, those poetic devices that are about the sound of the poem (alliteration, consonance, enjambment, onomatopoeia, and repetition) can be thought of as volume buttons or amplifiers: we hear most clearly what the poet makes us listen to most attentively.
- Languages:
- English
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plans
- Media Format:
- Text/HTML, Downloadable docs
- Conditions of Use:
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The text, images and other materials in the websites linked to EDSITEment were reviewed by a panel of experts and found to be educationally appropriate for users of all ages. - Copyright Holder:
- Individual Authors
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