English I Honors—November 6, 2015 Daily Warm-up: What is your favorite song? Why is it your favorite song? Is it the rhythm, the lyrics, the tone or mood, something else? Explain. Homework: – Reading Plus due Sunday at 11:59. – Style Analysis Essay due Monday at 11:59 to Turnitin.com.

Unit 4 Embedded Assessment 1 Your assignment is to create a thematic poetry anthology that will include an introduction to the collection, seven or eight original poems with complementary visuals, and a reflection that explains the style and content of the work presented. complementary—combining two or more elements in ways that enhance both.

Poets’ Perspectives on Poetry 1.We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.—Dead Poet’s Society 2.“Poetry is what get’s lost in translation.”—Robert Frost 3.“Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry.”—W.B. Yeats 4.“Poetry is man’s rebellion against being what he is.”—James Branch Cabell 5.“Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own.”—Salvatore Quasimodo 6.“Mathematics and poetry are...the utterance of the same power of imagination, only that in the one case it is addressed to the head in, in the other, to the heart.”—Thomas Hill 7.“Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experiences behind them.”—Charles Simic Label one side A and the other side B. On side A, write one of the quotes. On side B, write a brief interpretation of your quote.

What is Poetry? Poetry expresses human emotion and experiences. Expresses how a person perceives life. Provides an outlet for feelings that need to be expressed. Poetry is rhyme and rhythm. Poetry can make a change. Poetry can convey a message to a specific audience. Poetry is an interpretation of life. Poetry is power. Poetry should move you. Poetry gives words to the silent. Poetry lets you express yourself.