This project will be two parts:
1. a stylistic analysis of a poet of your choice
2. a creative stylistic imitation.
Stylistic Analysis:
Your project should focus on one poet. You may choose any poet. For your analysis, you will describe and analyze the poet’s style. Here is what each section of your paper must include:
- the poet’s name.
- Brief biographical information. Only include relevant information!
- What time period did the poet write in?
- Who was their intended audience?
- Were they financially successful as a poet in their
lifetime, or was their work only appreciated after their death? What
events in their life influenced their poems? - What major topics and themes did the poet address?
- Thesis statement: What are the three most prominent poetic devices the poet used, and how the the poet use them to create a theme, mood, story, or point?
Body paragraphs. For each, discuss one poetic device that the poet uses repeatedly. Include:
- The name of the poetic device.
- 2-3 examples of the poetic device from the poet’s work.
- Include appropriate MLA citations for the quoted examples.
- A discussion of how the poet used this device to create their overall message.
Conclusion. Find meaning.
- What overall effect does this poet’s work convey?
- Zoom out: What are the aesthetic appeals of this poetry? Essentially, why is this beautiful? Also, why is this poetry important to you, or to an audience in general?
This essay should be between 2-3 pages in length (500-750 words).
Stylistic Imitation
For this portion of the unit project, you will create an original creative piece in the style of the poet you chose to analyze.
Your work must have your own story, theme, and point. However, you
will use the same 3-4 poetic devices that you described in your essay
to create a similar overall voice and effect.
Your stylistic imitation may be completed in either poetry or prose. You may choose to write:
- A poem
- A prose poem
- An essay
- A short story
Your stylistic imitation must use at least ten examples of poetic devices. The three devices that you analyzed in your essay must be represented at least twice.
If you write poetry, you must compose at least twenty lines of poetry. You may divide this up over multiple poems.
If you choose to write prose, your piece must be at least 200 words in length.
The rubric for this project:
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