Poetry+Project

For this project, students will create powerpoint presentations which illustrate one of the two selected poems by Edgar Allan Poe.

The first poem is "The Raven." media type="custom" key="3803015"

The second poem is "Annabel Lee."media type="custom" key="3803005"

Requirements: Additional information: Pictures must be cited directly on each slide. The citation should be as inobtrusive as possible.
 * Each student will create a powerpoint presentation which illustrates lines of the selected poem.
 * Students should create at least 3 slides per stanza (10 slides required)
 * Students will work together with others to illustrate one of the complete poems.
 * Students will be assessed using a presentation rubric especially designed for the project.
 * All work must be completed by Thursday, May 28. No late work will be accepted.

Poetic Devices include figurative language and other ways of using words to enhance the meaning and beauty of poetry.media type="custom" key="3815629"

"To Helen" by Edgar Allan Poe Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore (simile) That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore (alliteration) To his own native shore. (ababb)

On desperate seas long wont to roam, (personification) Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome.

Lo, in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand, Ah! Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land!