CERCA Slides: Sounds in Poetry

Sounds in Poetry

We wanted to focus on the unique elements of poetry as an art form. As Robert Posky put it, "the medium of poetry is the human body." We hope you use this set of CERCA Slides to engage your students in approaching understanding poetry and experiencing "expert joy" through the use of their own voices.

CERCA Slides by Grade

Grade 3: Analysis of Baseball by May Swenson

How does Swenson use techniques such as repetition, rhythm, and rhyme to show the how of playing baseball? (CCSS.RL.3.4; CCSS.W.3.2)

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Grade 4: It Couldn't Be Done by Edgar Albert Guest

How does Edgar Albert Guest use sound and repetition to show the power of setting your mind to something? (CCSS.RL.4.2; CCSS.W.4.2)

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Grade 5: Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll

How does "Jabberwocky" show readers how sound can create meaning and imagery, even when the words don't make sense? (CCSS.RI.5.4, CCSS.W.5.2)

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Grade 6: Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe

How does the poet use sound to convey the beauty of his lost love? (CCSS.RL.6.4, CCSS.W.6.2)

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Grade 7: We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar

How does the poet use sounds to convey the conflict the speaker explores in the poem? (CCSS.RL.7.4;CCSS.W.7.2)

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Grade 8: Invictus and Much Madness is Divinest Sense by William Ernest Henley

Compare and contrast the way the two poets use rhyme alliteration, and assonance to convey the theme of personal strength. (CCSS.RI.7.9; CCSS.W.8.2)

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Grade 9: To Althea From Prison by Richard Lovelace

How does the poet use elements of sound to communicate the difficulty of imprisonment and the power of the human spirit? (CCSS.RL.9-10.4; CCSS.W.9-10.3)

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Grade 10: Revenge by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

How does Landon use sound to convey her emotions toward her former love? (CCSS.RL.9-10.4, CCSS.W.9-10.2)

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Grade 11: They Flee From Me by Sir Thomas Wyatt

How does the poet convey the drama of his romance using elements of sound? (CCSS.RL.11-12.4; CCSS.W.11-12.2)

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Grade 12: Let Evening Come by Jane Kenyon

How does the poet use the sound of poetry to convey her emotions about death? (CCSS.RL.11-12.4; CCSS.W.11-12.2)

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Sounds in Poetry

CERCA Slides by Grade

Grade 3: Analysis of Baseball by May Swenson

How does Swenson use techniques such as repetition, rhythm, and rhyme to show the how of playing baseball? (CCSS.RL.3.4; CCSS.W.3.2)

Grade 4: It Couldn't Be Done by Edgar Albert Guest

How does Edgar Albert Guest use sound and repetition to show the power of setting your mind to something? (CCSS.RL.4.2; CCSS.W.4.2)

Grade 5: Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll

How does "Jabberwocky" show readers how sound can create meaning and imagery, even when the words don't make sense? (CCSS.RI.5.4, CCSS.W.5.2)

Grade 6: Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe

How does the poet use sound to convey the beauty of his lost love? (CCSS.RL.6.4, CCSS.W.6.2)

Grade 7: We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar

How does the poet use sounds to convey the conflict the speaker explores in the poem? (CCSS.RL.7.4;CCSS.W.7.2)

Grade 8: Invictus and Much Madness is Divinest Sense by William Ernest Henley

Compare and contrast the way the two poets use rhyme alliteration, and assonance to convey the theme of personal strength. (CCSS.RI.7.9; CCSS.W.8.2)

Grade 9: To Althea From Prison by Richard Lovelace

How does the poet use elements of sound to communicate the difficulty of imprisonment and the power of the human spirit? (CCSS.RL.9-10.4; CCSS.W.9-10.3)

Grade 10: Revenge by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

How does Landon use sound to convey her emotions toward her former love? (CCSS.RL.9-10.4, CCSS.W.9-10.2)

Grade 11: They Flee From Me by Sir Thomas Wyatt

How does the poet convey the drama of his romance using elements of sound? (CCSS.RL.11-12.4; CCSS.W.11-12.2)

Grade 12: Let Evening Come by Jane Kenyon

How does the poet use the sound of poetry to convey her emotions about death? (CCSS.RL.11-12.4; CCSS.W.11-12.2)

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