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Metaphysical Jamboree

Metaphysical Jamboree. METAPHYSICAL JAMBOREE: POEM #1. TODAY’S READING: “The Flea,” by John Donne WORD OF THE DAY: Metaphysical Poetry—a style of seventeenth-century poetry focused on big questions, meant to unsettle the reader WRITE ABOUT: Paraphrase Tone Irony.

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Metaphysical Jamboree

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  1. Metaphysical Jamboree

  2. METAPHYSICAL JAMBOREE: POEM #1 • TODAY’S READING: “The Flea,” by John Donne • WORD OF THE DAY: Metaphysical Poetry—a style of seventeenth-century poetry focused on big questions, meant to unsettle the reader • WRITE ABOUT: • Paraphrase • Tone • Irony

  3. METAPHYSICAL JAMBOREE: POEM #2 • TODAY’S READING: “Death, Be Not Proud,” by John Donne • WORD OF THE DAY: elegy—a poem about death • WRITE ABOUT: • Diction • Tone • Paraphrase

  4. METAPHYSICAL JAMBOREE: POEM #3 • TODAY’S READING: “Good-Morrow,” by John Donne • WORD OF THE DAY: Allusion—a reference to literature, history, mythology • WRITE ABOUT: • Tone • Paraphrase • Rhyme Scheme

  5. METAPHYSICAL JAMBOREE: POEM #4 • TODAY’S READING: “The Sun Rising,” by John Donne • WORD OF THE DAY: Apostrophe—when the speaker addresses a concept (like death or time) that cannot literally hear or respond • WRITE ABOUT: • Compare with another poem • Attitude/Tone • Diction/Word Choice

  6. METAPHYSICAL JAMBOREE: POEM #5 • TODAY’S READING: “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning,” by John Donne • WORD OF THE DAY: Valediction—a speech/address in which one says goodbye • WRITE ABOUT: • Compare with another poem • Diction • Shift

  7. METAPHYSICAL JAMBOREE: POEM #6 • TODAY’S READING: “Batter my Heart, Three-Person’d God,” by John Donne • WORD OF THE DAY: Octave—the beginning eight lines of an Petrarchan sonnet. These lines establish a problem to be solved in the sestet. • WRITE ABOUT: • Rhyme Scheme • Attitude • Metaphor

  8. METAPHYSICAL JAMBOREE: POEM #7 • TODAY’S READING: “The Pulley,” by George Herbert • WORD OF THE DAY: Conceit—an extended metaphor that runs through an entire poem • WRITE ABOUT: • Conceit • Diction • Paraphrase

  9. METAPHYSICAL JAMBOREE: POEM #8 • TODAY’S READING: “Jordan (1),” by George Herbert • WORD OF THE DAY: Enjambment—when a sentence in a poem runs from one line onto the next • WRITE ABOUT: • Tone • Diction • Shift

  10. METAPHYSICAL JAMBOREE: POEM #9 • TODAY’S READING: “The Collar,” George Herbert • WORD OF THE DAY: Iambic Quatrameter—lines of poetry eight syllables long with alternating emphasis • WRITE ABOUT: • Conceit • Rhyme Scheme • Paraphrase

  11. METAPHYSICAL JAMBOREE: POEM #10 • TODAY’S READING: “Easter Wings,” by George Herbert • WORD OF THE DAY: Concrete Poetry—poetry in which the meaning is derived through visual layout and typography, how the words look on the page apart from meaning • WRITE ABOUT: • Attitude • Paraphrase • Concrete Poetry

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