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Writing and Understanding Poetry for Teachers and Students
A Heart's Craft
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2015
Summary
Grounded in craft, this book was composed on three premises: That the study and modeling of great poems is integral to understanding poetry and learning to write poems, that scaffolded learning builds a writer’s and a reader’s confidence and knowledge base and increases learning, and that teachers and facilitators of poetry can and should build learning environments we call “our hearts in a safe place.” Each chapter contains an introduction to a main focus, new terms, a model poem, an explication, short prompts heuristic to each chapter’s focus, and a model exercise. Student poem samples are included in each chapter. The last chapter discusses syllabi, portfolios and alternate grading. A Heart’s Craft differs from other poetry” how to books” because it combines art with pedagogy in a unique and effective fashion.
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Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-1-4758-1407-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-4758-1408-8
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
184
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Chapter One. Some Initial Thoughts on Poets and Poetry, Workshopping Poems, and the Creative Process No access Pages 1 - 12
Chapter Two. Beyond the Ordinary: Witnessing the World as a Poet No access Pages 13 - 22
Chapter Three. Imagery: Getting to the Heart of I No access Pages 23 - 32
Chapter Four. Metaphors and Symbols: Finding and Using Creative Analogies No access Pages 33 - 44
Chapter Five. Line Endings, Turns, and Epiphanies: More Essential Elements of Craft No access Pages 45 - 56
Chapter Six. The Speaker and the Reader: A Dialogue No access Pages 57 - 68
Chapter Seven. Narrative Poetry: Poems That Tell Stories No access Pages 69 - 84
Chapter Eight. Communicating Emotional Truths and Avoiding Melodrama No access Pages 85 - 96
Chapter Nine. Writing in Other Voices No access Pages 97 - 110
Chapter Ten. Sound Devices No access Pages 111 - 122
Chapter Eleven. Punctuation: A Surprisingly Creative Tool No access Pages 123 - 132
Chapter Twelve. Effective Titles: Hints at Theme No access Pages 133 - 142
Chapter Thirteen. Nature as Muse No access Pages 143 - 152
Chapter Fourteen. The Prose Poem: A Revelatory Form No access Pages 153 - 162
Chapter Fifteen. Writing in Various Forms No access Pages 163 - 172
Chapter Sixteen. Portfolios, Presentations, Aural Modeling, and Syllabi No access Pages 173 - 180
Brief Literary Biographies of the Poets No access Pages 181 - 184
