Partner Poems
Scoring Rubric
A. 12 lines minimum; following directions
B. at least one image per line (mandatory)
C. use of at least six of seven types of images
OL ,A,G,V,T,OR,K
D. minimum of one literary device + one synecdoche or metonymy
E. diction: word choice with careful consideration of connotation and sound
G. creativity
20
25
30
10
10
5
100
The emphasis should be on imagery and diction, which is essential in creating tone. Appropriate
use of sound creates rhythm without rhyme being necessary. Read pages 757-763, 771-774, 785796 in your blue textbook if you want more information. Rhyme is optional.
You will work in groups of 2 or 3 assigned by the teacher. (See list.) If your partner is absent on
Day 1, you will join an existing 2-person group or recruit one person from a 3-person group to
take the missing partner’s place If your partner is absent on Day 2 only, continue revisions on
your own, but you will have an extra day(s) to finish the assignment in order to consult with your
absent partner. If you miss all class days for this assignment, you will complete it by yourself.
1. Choose any school-appropriate topic.
2. Day 1: Write a first draft together with at least one image per line + min.device/synec-meton
3. Day 2: Make at least five revisions and create a second version. Save your final draft and
copy and paste it into eClass Discussions in your class section for bonus point voting.
4. Then mark on each line the type(s) of imagery in your final draft. Use abbreviations:
OL = olfactory
A=auditory G=gustatory V=visual
T=tactile
OR= organic
K=kinesthetic
Write the abbreviation at the end of each line. If more than one type of imagery occurs in a
line, write all abbreviations.
5. Identify each literary device or synec-meton with an * at the end of the line and identify type.
6. Turn in your finished, marked copy by Tuesday, Oct. 27.
Per. 1 Partners: Jeni/Wesley Rishi/Lizzy Molly/MatthewS Thomas/Susan Chloe/Nicole Alyssa/Mark
Brendan/Nathan Anna/Nasstassja Ahmed/MichaelS Ray/MatthewP. Louis/Julianna
Watson/Sura/Alina Christine/Liana John David/Caitlin
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Per. 2 Partners: Tanya/Imani DanielB/Michaela Roshni/Phillip
Brittany/Heather Noah/ Laurel
Summer/Maria DanielR/Carolyn
Drake/Siva
Upsana/ Michael Nisha/Faith
Per. 3 Partners: Josh/Kiley Michael/Chantelle
Emily/Bella
Karen/Madison Avery/Aliyah
Kim/Janvi
Jenny/Gabrielle
Dustin/Claire Ivey/Erin
Dan/Danielle Martina/Heath Lena/Erica
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Per.4 Partners: Fabi/ Zafir Eyetan/Stephan
Roberto/Daniel
Amanda/Tommy Cat/Emerson Scott/Iris
Richie/Johnathan Cory/Jordan
Hans/Koei
Batul/Cameron
Katelyn/Anna
Huldana/Ank-Tu
Chelsea/Selina/Julia
GIVE EVERY LINE AN IMAGE!
An abstraction is not an image.
Partner Poems
Use the image of the evidence (or symptom) of the emotion or abstraction.
NOT “He felt nervous.”
Use “Sweaty palms and shallow breathing betrayed him.”
Or “Hands shaking, she gnawed her lower lip in a vain attempt to steady her
nerves.”
Avoid cliches´. Use the unpredictable.
Use abbreviations:
A
V
O
G
T
K
OR
Auditory = hear
Visual = see
Olfactory = smell
Gustatory = taste
Tactile = touch
Kinesthetic =motion
Organic = internal sensation, such as nausea, butterflies in stomach
Sample Poems with an image on every line: Look in your blue textbook (or black
textbook in room or online).
“Heat” by H.D.
“Traveling through the dark” by William Stafford
“Neutral Tones” by Thomas Hardy
“Old Ladies Home” by Sylvia Plath
“Meeting at Night” by Robert Browning
“Eight O’Clock” by A.E. Housman
“The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by William Butler Yeats (pronounce “Yates”)
“Digging” by Seamus Heaney (pronounce “Haney”)
“The Forge” by Seamus Heaney
“Anthem for Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen
“Reapers” by Jean Toomer
“The Dance” by William Carlos Williams
“To Autumn” by John Keats
“The Lipstick in the Mirror” by Tom Disch
“Bright Star” by John Keats
“Fourteen” by Marilyn Hacker
“I taste a liquor never brewed” by Emily Dickinson
“Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes
“The Victims” by Sharon Olds
“A Noiseless Patient Spider” by Walt Whitman
“I started Early – Took my Dog” by Emily Dickinson
“Out, Out – “ by Robert Frost
“Bells for John Whiteside’s Daughter”
“Life with Father” by Walter McDonald
by John Crowe Ransom
“The Caged Skylark” by Gerard Manley Hopkins
“My mistress’ eyes” by William Shakespeare “Fern Hill” by Dylan Thomas
“Getting Out” by Cleopatra Mathis
“My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke
“God’s Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins
“We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks
“The Fly” by Karl Shapiro
“Woman Work” by Maya Angelou
“A Description of Morning” by Jonathan Swift
Partner Poems