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12 A haughty look and blue-eyed stare Above a sensuous smiling mouth, Reality’s still a stranger in this face. There I am again at twenty-one. The eyes still smile, But caution rides within, For life’s astride my shoulders now And starting to press down. The world makes frequent visits here.. By thirty-six, furrows crease the brow, Lines parenthesize the eyes, And sadness shapes the lips. It’s clear for all who care to look That time has signed its lease-- And plans to stay awhile. More recent snaps reveal crags and valleys Etched on every aspect of the face. The lips are thin; the eyes look in, And laps of skin fold neatly underneath the chin. Life’s settled in. Can this be me What’s happened here Is this fair Does anybody care The answers make it absolutely clear; Life has tried to wear me out; It’s time to make repairs - To heart and soul and mind. The face, of course, is mine, to keep.
13 Blank verse is a form of poetry which is actually very old. Shakespeare wrote many of his plays, especially the tragedies, using blank verse. The meter is iambic pentameter, but there is no rhyme scheme. This meter allows for natural flow of the English language ( the majority of poetry being written in iambic meter ), but there is no artificial restriction of rhyme at the end of each line. Usually the subject matter of poetry written in blank verse is fairly serious; on the other hand, humourous poetry tends to use light, quick rhythms and shorter lines or verses. These lines from the poem “Ulysses” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, illustrate the iambic pentameter of blank verse. Old age hath yet his honor and his toil. Death closes all; but something ere the end Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. TYPES OF <strong>POETRY</strong> Although there are countless forms of poetry, this unit will introduce only a few: the ballad, the narrative poem, the sonnet, the limerick, the haiku, and concrete poetry. Ballads are actually songs that tell stories. Many were passed down orally and anonymously from one generation to another, and have undergone many changes over the years. Traditional ballads had such bloodthirsty themes as murder, battle and revenge, along with a healthy portion of jealousy, unrequited love, and adventure. Ballads were often full of magic and folklore. Since the true ballad was originally a song, many actually look like songs: they have verses and repeated choruses, called refrains. The most common ballad stanza is two or four lines long, written in iambic meter, with a rhyme scheme of AABB.
Page 1 and 2: ACADEMIC STUDIES ENGLISH Support Ma
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Page 5 and 6: NOTE TO FACILITATORS AND LEARNERS:
Page 7 and 8: 1 READING COMPREHENSION: POETRY INT
Page 9 and 10: 3 POETRY Poetry is a special form o
Page 11 and 12: This poem has a rhyme scheme of ABA
Page 13 and 14: 7 c / c / c / 3 “He thought he’
Page 15 and 16: 2. Chart the rhythms with stressed
Page 17: 11 The Plowman I heard the plowman
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Page 23 and 24: 17 Exercise IV Answer the questions
Page 25 and 26: 19 Cats doze and linger With patien
Page 27 and 28: 21 Kite I wish I were a kite on hig
Page 29 and 30: 23 Examples as blind as a bat as pa
Page 31 and 32: A. Look again at the poem “ Winte
Page 33 and 34: 27 Exercise VII Read the following
Page 35 and 36: 29 White spirits loosed from bonds
Page 37 and 38: 31 Birds, Bags, Bears, and Buns The
Page 39 and 40: 33 Exercise II A. He Who Binds to H
Page 41 and 42: C. First quatrain (lines 1 - 4) The
Page 43 and 44: Metaphor: The trees fling “their
Page 45 and 46: 39 POETRY PRE-TEST 1. Mark the rhyt
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Page 53 and 54: 47 d. This is a sonnet. It has 14 l
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