Homework Packet #1
(due Monday, January 11)
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2.
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Anticipation Guide
Poetic Devices, Part 1
Poetic Devices, Part 2
“Stanza Structure” Practice Packet
Meter
Staple these assignments together IN ORDER, with
the Table of Contents sheet on top.
Homework Packet #1
(due Monday, January 11)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bio Poem
Anticipation Guide
Poetic Devices, Part 1
Poetic Devices, Part 2
“Stanza Structure” Practice Packet
Meter
Staple these assignments together IN ORDER, with
your Table of Contents sheet on top.
Meter
the rhythm of poetry
Read this sentence out loud:
He was content with the content of the poem.
What is the difference between the two “contents”?
One is said con-TENT and the other is CON-tent.
The STRESSED and UNSTRESSED syllables
are in different places.
Meter: the pattern of stressed
and unstressed syllables in a line
Examples of meter marked in poems
Syllable
How many syllables in these words?
Ice
1
Apple
2
Banana
3
Watermelon
4
Stressed and Unstressed
Underline the stressed syllable.
Compare
Summer
Lovely
Eternal
Types of Meter
Types of Meter
Types of Lines
Five feet
Each foot is an
iamb
Iambic Pentameter
Mark the meter of each line.
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
Tell me not in mournful numbers
Just for a handful of silver he left us
In the midst of his laughter and glee
Cry! Cry! Troy burns!
Now mark the meter of Sonnet 18.
What do we call this meter?
Iambic Pentameter
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Homework
(due Monday)
Look on pages xxvii to xxx of your 11th grade
textbook. Choose 2 poems and read them.
Write down:
1.The name of the poem
2.The author’s name
3.A one-line summary of the poem
4.One literary device in the poem (with a
quote from the poem)