POETRY PRESENTATIONS
FORM: (33%)· poetic elements
o rhyme, meter, simile, metaphor, …
o assonance, consonance, …
· tone
· structure
· genre, type of poem
CONTENT: (33%)
· “plot”
· who is in it, what are they doing, why are they doing it
· setting
· what the poem is about
APPLICATION: (34%)
· what is the relationship between form & content
o how does the one relate to the other
o how do they inform each other
o how do they create a theme, message, meaning, effect
· “A’s” should be reserved for students who can thoroughly, convincingly, and accurately explain the relationship between form and content in a particular text;
· “B’s” should be awarded to students who can distinguish between form matters and content matters in a particular text and who can explain the relationship between such matters in a way that is at least partially convincing and somewhat thorough;
· “C’s” should be granted to students who can at least demonstrate an adequate—if somewhat flawed—ability to distinguish between form and content, even if they can’t convincingly and/or comprehensively explain how form and content work together.
· “D’s” and “F’s” should be distributed to students demonstrating confusion or indifference when it comes to distinguishing between matters of form and matters of content and, by extension, an inability or unwillingness to explain relationships between such matters.
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· “When in Disgrace…” (564)
· “Death, Be not Proud” (567)
· “To His Coy Mistress” (570)
· “The Lamb” (571)
· “The World Is Too Much with Us” (575)
· “She Walks in Beauty” (576)
· “Ozymandias” (577)
· “Ode on a Grecian Urn” (578)
· “I’m Nobody!...” (583)
· “To an Athlete Dying Young” (589)
· “Second Coming” (590)
· “The Love Song of JAP” (602)
· “Not Waving but Drowning” (611)
· “Do not Go Gentle into That Good Night” (625)
· Paired Poetry
o “The Passionate Shepherd…” + “The Nymph’s Reply…” (667-8)
o “Richard Cory” poem + song (676-78)