Poem+Assignment+-++When+you+were+a+particular+age



= SCROLL DOWN TO SEE SAMPLE POEMS AND RUBRIC. =

=__ Brainstorming for your poem: __=

== Narrow your focus to one moment of the experience so that we can understand it. ==

Be sure you establish a clear TONE in the poem through your diction and images. You may decide to include a SHIFT in tone (VOLTA) at some point mid-way or close to the end.
== Include good CONCRETE IMAGERY -- details that appeal to our senses in __specific__ ways. (Not "winter" but "snow blowing sideways.") ==

== Include at least one METAPHORIC device in your poem. Make it fresh -- no cliches!! It can be a general metaphor, a simile, or personification. Be careful not to use too many metaphors, though -- they can bog down a poem. ==

== Pay attention to the SOUNDS of words: include at least one clear example of either ALLITERATION or ASSONANCE that add to the poem's TONE. Read the poem aloud and change any words or phrases that sound "clunky" or trip you up. ==

== As you think about finishing the poem, keep in mind that it should read clearly, like sentences. If you use fragments, be sure this is for effect and emphasis. ==

Clear and consistent point of view; clear purpose (implied) - 5
=SAMPLE POEMS=



=** The Summer I Was Sixteen **=

But it's a wonderful example of a poem created from a single moment of memory. Note the metaphoric title and how it is woven through the poem.
= Knots = = by Joseph Stroud =

by Melissa Stein

 * (2012) **



**And here is a poem written by Ms. H. about a moment with her mother:**
= Angel Food =

as a Saturday morning cartoon.
(2011)