~Found Poems~
Found Poems are poems that are composed of phrases “found” in a text.
Assignment: You will create a found poem using phrases from the novel.
Poems Should:
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Be at least 16 lines long
Have a title
Revolve around a theme, character or an experience in the book
Make use of the entire text
Be typed and displayed on a 3D visual that represents theme of poem (see examples on
chalkboard wall)
 Include examples of figurative language (symbol, metaphor, imagery, etc)
 Include the page number at the end of each line to show where that phrase was found.
Example from the novel: Night
Warning: Danger of Death
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“The fire! The Furnace!
An abominable odor
That smell of burning flesh
Those children in the flames
Wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky
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Face to face with the Angel of Death
A dark flame had entered my soul
We were no more than frozen bodies
No more reason to live, no more reason to struggle
Death wrapped itself around me
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Prewriting for “Found Poem”
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Do you have examples of figurative language-metaphor, simile, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole?
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figurative language being used?
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