Poetry
POET: Kwame Opoku-Duku
* Focus on looking at the writer as someone you’re interested in getting to know and understand in terms of technical writing styles but also in terms of what motivates that writer. Your presentation will be shared with everyone; it will be public to the class.
* Select your writer from the list below and confirm your writer with me. Please let me know if you have any questions!
REPORT ON YOUR POET
Essentially, you need to have a section a) on BIO, b) one on their writing STYLE, c) a sample of their work + your brief analysis of that piece, d) your own imitation of one of their pieces — and anything else you feel is worth noting. Consider this presentation a way to introduce us to this writer as well as your chance to learn something a little more in-depth about someone you admire.
* Please write in your own voice. Read widely. Don’t simply use the internet. Don’t be lazy.
1.) FIND INTERVIEWS IN THE LIBRARY’S ELECTRONIC HOLDINGS.
2.) CHECK OUT AN ACTUAL BOOK / BIOGRAPHY ON THE WRITER. GASP.
3.) AMAZE YOURSELF BY BEING PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR AN “AUTHORITY” TO TELL YOU WHAT TO THINK ABOUT THE WRITER.
4) Give us the “dirt” on your writer. Don’t spoon feed us info we can easily find and read on author websites, Wikipedia, etc. We don’t need you to read boring factual information readily pulled up on own phones.
DO SOME BASIC RESEARCH (you should have already done this) – AT MINIMUM – IN THE LIBRARY’S ELECTRONIC HOLDINGS OR THE ACTUAL LIBRARY’S BOOKS (OR B&N).
WOW US WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND ZEST FOR THE WRITER !
* DO NOT CLAIM A POET SOMEONE ELSE HAS ALREADY CLAIMED!
POET PRESENTATION – REQUIREMENTS:
4 page (minimum!) poetry explication based on the poem and poet you selected and researched from Bettering American Poetry – Volume 3. You should read the two Word documents, “Poetry Explication” and “Poetry Explication – Guide to Getting Started – Part II.
Write a poetry explication of the poem or poems you have selected, based on the two hand-outs (also attached), answering most of the questions within in an ordered fashion for your essay. Include information you discovered about or by the poet, especially as related to the issues that person is concerned with or focused on in his or her life. If their profession or experiences somehow inform the work, feel free to bring that in as well. Be sure to correctly CITE your sources in MLA format whenever you quote, paraphrase or summarize from the work or research.
Your explication should be at least 4 pages typed in 12 point font, Times New Roman, double spaced. DO NOT put your font in bold, do not try to make a larger header, do not add space between your paragraphs, etc. In other words, you need to analyze the poem without trying to “take up space” in your essay by using large quotes or adding a lot of white space in. If you follow the two handouts closely, you should have no trouble writing four pages. And again, you may include info about the poet (or words by the poet from interviews, etc) that seem to inform or indicate influence in the poem. Pro-tip: Many of the poets have interviews at the VIDA Review – http://www.vidaweb.org/category/bettering-american-poetry/
DO NOT PAD YOUR ESSAY WITH TOO MANY QUOTES. THE MINIMUM IS 4 PAGES. YOU CAN CERTAINLY WRITE MORE.
https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/kwame_opokuduku
https://www.vidaweb.org/voices-of-bettering-american-poetry-volume-3-kwame-opoku-duku/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HJLfRaYVDI
www.boaatpress.com/kwame-opoku-duku.
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