Write two poems, make sure each of them is titled either “Poem 1: Elegy for X” or “Poem Ode to X” for example and the opposite for poem two. Use concrete imagery in your poems, not abstractions. Think about the elements of poetry, and concentrate on the density of your language, the sound of your words and that the The content of the poems is up to you BUT one of the poems must be an Ode, and one must be an Elegy.
No matter what kind of subgenre (Elegy, Ode, etc.) poem 1 is, it must: a. Use the weather in it. b. Be written in tercets c. Have more enjambed lines than end-stopped lines. d. Be at least 30 lines long e. Use at least one of the senses. No matter what kind of subgenre (Elegy, Ode, etc.) poem 2 is, it must: a. Have 3 similes in it. b. Be written in the first-person plural. c. Have an equal number of end-stopped lines and enjambed lines. d. Be at least 24 lines long e. Use at least one of the senses.