Personal Poetry Anthology Directions.

AP English Literature and Composition

Personal Poetry Anthology
1. Email me your theme.
2. Bring typed copies of seven of the fifteen poems to class on ____________________

3. Bring a draft of one of your own poems to class on ____________________
4. Bring a draft of the introduction to class on ____________________
5. Completed project is due ___________________

Theme: ___________________________________

For this assignment, you will prepare a poetry anthology. For our purposes, poetry will include song lyrics. The anthology will be unified by a common theme, and must consist of the following minimal requirements:

Criteria                                                                                                    Title of Poem (Author of Poem)

1. A late sixteenth or seventeenth                        à

century poem (Elizabethan,

Metaphysical, Cavalier)

2.  A nineteenth century poem                             à

(Romantic, Gothic, Victorian)

3.  A twentieth century poem                               à

(modern or post-modern)

4. A twenty-first century poem                             à

(post-modern)

5. Lyrics to song                                                     à

6. A sonnet (or poem written in                          à

another traditional form: sestina,

terza rima, rondeau, villanelle, etc.)

7. A poem translated                                             à

from another language

8. A poem that you have written                                à

containing an allusion

9. A poem that you have written                                à

using a traditional or invented form

10. A poem that you have written                              à

that is a strict, loose, or homophonic translation

11. A poem that you have written                              à

in any form

12. Free choice                                                        à

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You must include

a. A title page with MLA information (See Compass page ___.)

b. A dedication and epigraph page

c. An introduction (500-1000 words introducing the theme, briefly explaining the relationship between the poems and the theme, and reflecting upon the theme) or a shorter introduction (300 words) with annotations of each poem.**

d. A table of contents with titles, authors, and the criteria fulfilled by each poem

e. A minimum of fifteen (15) separate poems/songs. (See requirements above.)

f. A Works Cited page, including discography (MLA format See Compass page _____)

You may include:

a. More of your own poems, more translations, more poems in any category

b. Illustrations and/or photograph (Art taken from other sources much be cited)

c. More than one song lyric

d. A mixed-CD/mixed-tape with the song(s) and poems