ENG 2D –Poetry Assignment
Task: You are asked to choose one of the following poets and to create a portfolio about
him/her. Each student will have a different poet to research. If you wish to research a poet
who is not on the list feel free to ask me. Come see me to sign up for your poet.
Poets:
Margaret Atwood
Joy Kogawa
Bliss Carman
Isabella Valancy Crawford
Archibald Lampman
Stephen Leacock
Ezra Pound
Susanna Moodie
Charles G.D Roberts
Duncan Campbell Scott
William Butler Yeats
Dylan Thomas
Thomas Hardy
John Donne
Emily Dickinson
Seigfried Sassoon
William Carlos Williams
Robert Frost
Maya Angelou
Walt Whitman
William Wordsworth
Sylvia Plath
E.E Cummings
Matthew Arnold
Billy Collins
John Keats
Alexander Pope
The portfolio will contain:
 Title page
 A biography of the poet (up to one page)
 Five of his/her most popular poems. (No need to cite these poems)
 A one page artistic representation of one of the five poems and a proper
paragraph justifying your artistic representation. Your paragraph must have
support/evidence (point, proof, comment) from your chosen poem to justify
your artistic choices.
 A brief analysis of one poem (not chosen for the artistic representation). In
this analysis you will explain what the poem means to you. You will provide
evidence from the poem to support your reading. In your analysis you should
make specific reference to poetic devices and how they helped your
understanding of the poem. (1-2 paragraphs)
 With the remaining three poems identify three examples of poetic devices.
Explain what the poetic device is and give an example from one of the poems.
 One copy of a scholarly criticism of any poem written by the author. Include a
summary of the article. (The summary can be anywhere from 1 paragraph to 1
page)
 Works cited page of all sources used. (except for the five poems)
Other Requirements:
 All of your written material is to be double spaced, Times New Roman Font,
pt.12.
 All sources must be cited correctly using MLA.
Due date: ________________
Poetry Assignment
CATEGORY
4
Thinking/ Inquiry Information clearly
relates to the main
(Biography)
topic. It includes
several supporting
details and/or
examples.
3
2
1
Information clearly
relates to the main
topic. It provides 1-2
supporting details
and/or examples.
Information clearly
Information has little
relates to the main
or nothing to do with
topic. No details
the main topic.
and/or examples are
given.
Application
(graphic
representation)
Diagrams and
illustrations are neat,
accurate and add to
the reader's
understanding of the
topic.
Diagrams and
illustrations are
accurate and add to
the reader's
understanding of the
topic.
Diagrams and
illustrations are neat
and accurate and
sometimes add to
the reader's
understanding of the
topic.
Diagrams and
illustrations are not
accurate OR do not
add to the reader's
understanding of the
topic.
Communication
(analysis
paragraph)
All paragraphs
include introductory
sentence,
explanations or
details, and
concluding
sentence.
Most paragraphs
include introductory
sentence,
explanations or
details, and
concluding
sentence.
Paragraphs included
related information
but were typically not
constructed well.
Paragraphing
structure was not
clear and sentences
were not typically
related within the
paragraphs.
Communication
(all)
No grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation errors.
Almost no
grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation errors
A few grammatical
spelling, or
punctuation errors.
Many grammatical,
spelling, or
punctuation errors.
Knowledge/
Understanding
(Poetic devices)
Demonstrate
thorough
understanding of
poetic devices.
Demonstrate
understanding of
poetic devices.
Demonstrate some
understanding of
poetic devices.
Demonstrate limited
understanding of
poetic devices.
Application
All sources
(information and
graphics) are
accurately
documented in the
desired format.
All sources
(information and
graphics) are
accurately
documented, but a
few are not in the
desired format.
All sources
(information and
graphics) are
accurately
documented, but
many are not in the
desired format.
Some sources are
not accurately
documented.
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