1. Pastoral Poetry
Mr. Laurich
Room 704

2. Quick Write
What is it about storms and other extreme weather that people find so fascinating?

3. History of Pastoral Poetry
Central to poetry
Form dates to 3rd century B.C.
Refers to a literary work dealing with shepherds and rustic life
Based on Arcadian region of ancient Greece
Roman poets also wrote Pastorals

4. Pastorals Continued Form presented idealized view of country life
Subject matter included love, politics, corruption, critiques of society and more
Safe way to criticize people in power
Form almost dies out during industrial revolution
No set rhyme scheme

5. Pastoral Subgroups Eclogue: a dialogue between two shepherds
Elegy: a poem lamenting the loss of a friend etc. (we will be studying this next)

6. Answer the Following How far back do pastorals go in history?
What part of Greece were they based?
Name three subjects discussed in pastorals
What event almost killed the form?
What are two major types of pastorals?

7. Agenda Read biography & answer questions
(don’t annotate biography)
Read, annotate, and answer the questions on ‘Waiting for the Storm’
(4 annotations min)
Read & annotate Dulce Et Decorum
(12 annotations minimum)

8. Ticket Out The Door
What similarities and differences do you see between Haiku poetry and Pastoral Poetry?
Turn in the following
Haiku and Tanka worksheet and poems
Bell work, TOTD, written response, questions from power point
Biography& poem questions and at least 4 annotations for the poem