PROJECT: WRITING A POEM Writing poetry is one of the most difficult undertakings in writing. Paying attention to what other poets have done can make the process much easier.

Here is your goal for this assignment:

Compose a short poem
Using some of the techniques of poetry you have studied in this unit, write a brief poem (8-10 lines). The poem may be iambic pentameter or free verse, rhymed or unrhymed. Beneath your poem, list the poetic devices that you used.

Transcripts
GIRL: What are you working on? BOY: I’m writing a poem, want to hear it? GIRL: Sure! BOY: Okay, here it goes… Birds like to fly, not to run. They go way up high in the sky, boy that must be fun! They soar with their wings, how cool it must be to do such wonderful things, lots of times better than you and me. GIRL: Why is that a poem? BOY: Because it rhymes! GIRL: There’s more to poetry then just rhyming. BOY: There is? GIRL: Yes, there’s meter, figurative language, and other sound devices like onomatopoeia. BOY: Oh! I guess I have a little to learn before I can write poetry well. GIRL: Yes, but at least you understand rhyme in case you decide to use that in your poetry. BOY: Yeah, that was pretty good, wasn’t it? Did you notice how wings and things rhymed? And high and sky… [fades out]
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