Figurative Languages in Songs

For this assignment, we formed groups of three or four and explored figurative languages in songs. There are 8 required figurative languages, which are simile, personification, alliteration, metaphor, hyperbole, repetition, onomatopoeia, and imagery. After we identified the figurative language in song, we explained and tried to interpret the purpose of the figurative language and the reason why the artists decided to use it. […]

Poetry Imitation

Imitation poetry is another type of poetry. For this small project, we annotated five different genres of poems and imitated their styles to further create our own poems. For the first two ones, If I Were In Charge Of The World and Where I’m From, we were also required to create two photo stories. After writing […]

Poetry Remix

Poetry is not only a genre but also a form of art. By using existing works, we created our own poems by remixing them. Here, I created four types of poems: idiom poem, song title poem, slogan poem, and black-out poems. For the first three poems, I looked up for idioms, song titles, and slogans […]

I’m a Poet and Didn’t Know It • L&L Summative

Part 1 1. As You Travel Through Life by Anonymous Website link URL: http://www.wow4u.com/poemofhope/index.html Poem citation: Anonymous. “As You Travel Through Life.” Inspirational Words of Wisdom. Retrieved on March 2, 2016 from <http://www.wow4u.com/poemofhope/index.html>. Web. As You Travel Through Life annotation 2. Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Website link URL: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174659 Poem citation: Lord Tennyson, Alfred. “Ulysses”. Poetry Foundation. Retrieved on March 2, […]

Poetry Reading

Fear by Raymond Carver Photo Credit: Scott Norris via Compfight “Fear is the feeling of insecurity and unsureness.” This photo was chosen by the reason of the people in the picture seems like he is stuck in some kind of situation and couldn’t get rid of it. Also, the picture is colorless, which increased its […]