Metaphysical Poetry Project

We are just about finished working through our Metaphysical Poetry packet. Tomorrow we will finish our work on Andrew Vaughn's poem "The World."

We will then work on our poetry projects. HERE is the assignment handout.

You will choose one of our metaphysical poems and study it. You will do two things with this poem.

1. you create an artistic representation of the poem, incorporating the text of the poem into your visual response
2. you will write a short (2 page max) essay about this poem, connecting the important pieces of the poem to the thematic inquiry

Thursday (tomorrow) and Friday will be in-class workdays. Mrs. K will be available to meet and help. Both pieces of your project are DUE MONDAY, Nov. 19th.

Metaphysical Poetry

This week we are working with Metaphysical Poetry of the 17th Century. HERE is the poetry packet for the week.

HERE is the lecture you all had today about John Donne and metaphysical poetry.

Weekend Homework

This weekend we pivot to the Metaphysical poets. More on that definition next week. Your homework this weekend is to read and annotate the John Donne poem (Sonnet XIV, "Batter My Heart") and the short analysis of the poem by Camille Paglia. If you were absent, get a copy on Monday.

Get pumped! John Donne is a favorite!