“The Raven” Parody

  • You must perform a dramatic reading (including the use of a prop of some kind), and you must submit a typed copy of your poem.
  • The poem does not have to be memorized. However, the typed copy must be submitted BEFORE you present. So, if you do not memorize your poem, you will need to walk into the room with TWO typed copies.
  • Work that is not typed and double spaced will not be accepted. No exceptions. No excuses. (Get your work done early to avoid technical and logistical problems!)

If you are successful in writing and presenting a poem that sounds like “The Raven”:

  • 10 points will be added to your writing-project grade for the quarter
  • one day late = 5 points will be added to your writingproject grade for the quarter
  • two to five days late = no points added to, or subtracted from, your writing project grade for the quarter

If you turn in a COMPLETE project on time or up to five days late, present, but your poem does not sound like “The Raven”:

  • no points added to, or subtracted from, your writing project grade for the quarter

If you hand in an incomplete project, if you do not present, if your project is more than five days late, or if you do not hand in a project:

  • deduct 10 points from your writing project grade

1st
stanza / Essential:
ABCBBB rhyme scheme yes no
Trochaic octameter
lines 1______2______3______4______5______
Drop final unstressed syllables
lines 2______4______5______6______
Trochaic tetrameter in line 6 yes no
Internal rhyme
lines 1______3______4______5______/ Important:
“B” lines rhyme with “or”
yesno
Repetition in lines 4 and 5
yesno
“C” lines end with -ing.
yesno
Frequent use of alliteration
yesno
2nd
stanza / Essential:
ABCBBB rhyme scheme yes no
Trochaic octameter
lines 1______2______3______4______5______
Drop final unstressed syllables
lines 2______4______5______6______
Trochaic tetrameter in line 6 yes no
Internal rhyme
lines 1______3______4______5______/ Important:
“B” lines rhyme with “or”
yesno
Repetition in lines 4 and 5
yesno
“C” lines end with -ing. 
yesno
Frequent use of alliteration
yesno
3rd
stanza / Essential:
ABCBBB rhyme scheme yes no
Trochaic octameter
lines 1______2______3______4______5______
Drop final unstressed syllables
lines 2______4______5______6______
Trochaic tetrameter in line 6 yes no
Internal rhyme
lines 1______3______4______5______/ Important:
“B” lines rhyme with “or”
yesno
Repetition in lines 4 and 5
yesno
“C” lines end with -ing. 
yesno
Frequent use of alliteration
yesno

Results:

 10 points added to your writing project grade. /  5 points added to your writing project grade.

 Sorry, no points will be added to your quarterly writing project because

your poem did not sound like “The Raven.” you were more than 1 day late.

 Poor effort. Ten points will be deducted from your quarterly writing project grade because

your projectwas incomplete. your project was more than five days late.

you did not hand in a project. you did not present.