Your poetry presentation assignment will consist of choosing a poem and presenting it top the class.
There are three parts to this assignment:
1) Read several published poems, pick one, and then post it to the discussion board in the Week 10 module. Your poem must be at least 12 lines long and not longer than 60 lines. You may choose to present short poems like haikus, but choose several of them from the same poet to make up the line minimum.
Post these by Week 10 at the latest, so that the class has time to read the poems before your presentation.
NOTE: This is a first come, first serve format. If a student has already posted the poem(s) you wanted to present, please pick a different one.
2) Create a PowerPoint or .PDF with a slide or page for each of the assignment criteria:
Poet’s photo/biography
Text of the poem
Discuss the meaning of the poem
Two poetic techniques used by the poet in the poem
Two questions that you’ll pose to the class
Submit this PowerPoint or .PDF to the assignment portal in canvas
THIS IS THE POEM I CHOOSE
Love Cycle
by Chinua Achebe
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At dawn slowly
the sun withdraws his
long misty arms of
embrace. Happy lovers
whose exertions leave
no aftertaste nor slush
of love’s combustion; Earth
perfumed in dewdrop
fragrance wakes
to whispers of
soft-eyed light…
Later he
will wear out his temper
ploughing the vast acres
of heaven and take it
out of her in burning
darts of anger. Long
accustomed to such caprice
she waits patiently
for evening when thoughts
of another night will
restore his mellowness
and her power
over him.
