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Module 5: Poetry

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Activity 1 : : Activity 2 : : Activity 3 : : Activity 4

Activity 3: Readings

Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, 10th ed., by X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia (Pearson Longman, 2007)

Conceptual Readings:

  • Reading a Poem
    • Literature: Chapter 13
  • What is Poetry?
    • Literature: Chapter 30
  • Poetry and Personal Identity
    • Literature: Chapter 26
  • Imagery
    • Literature: Chapter 16, “Saying and Suggestion”
    • Literature: Chapter 17, “Imagery”
    • Literature: Chapter 24, “Symbol”
  • Figurative Language – Metaphor and Simile
    • Literature: Chapter 18, “Figures of Speech”
  • Rhymed Words and Stanza
    • Literature: Chapter 19, “Song”
  • Rhyme Schemes
    • Literature: Chapter 20, “Sound”
  • Meter
    • Literature: Chapter 21, “Rhythm”
    • Literature: Chapter 33 “Poems for Further Reading”
  • Form
    • Literature: Chapter 16, “Saying and Suggestion”
    • Literature: Chapter 22, “Closed Form”
    • Literature: Chapter 23, “Open Form”
  • Sonnets
    • Literature: Chapter 22, “Closed Form”
    • Literature: Chapter 33 “Poems for Further Reading”
  • Diction
    • Literature: Chapter 14, “Listening to a Voice”
    • Literature: Chapter 17, “Imagery”
  • Other Reading
    • Glossary
Be sure to take notes as you read; use highlighting, underlining, bracketing, and marginal notation as needed to keep track of ideas and examples.
Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. sguy. (2007, September 27). Module 5: Poetry. Retrieved December 02, 2008, from Western Governors University Web site: http://ocw.wgu.edu/liberal-arts/literature-parts-i-and-ii-after-10-19-2007/m5a2.html. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License