Romantic Poetry Project

DUE: 1st period on April 1. 4th period on April 2. No part of this project will be accepted after spring break!

PART 1: Romantic Poet and Romantic Poetry Analysis. (1st Quiz Grade)
Instructions:

• Choose one (or two) of the following Romantic Poets: William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats.
• Find and read a biography of the poet. Fill out the poet information in the “Poet Fact Sheet” PowerPoint found on the Y-Drive “Romantic Poetry” folder. Find a picture of the poet, and insert it on the second slide. (You may not use Wikipedia for the biography or picture.) On the third slide, create an MLA formatted bibliography for the source(s) used.
• Find, print, and read 2 poems by that poet. (If you choose 2 poets, choose one poem by each.) Analyze each poem for the specific literary elements on the analysis sheet. Then analyze it for characteristics of Romantic poetry. Fill in the chart accordingly. (Not all squares will be filled in, but the majority should be.)
• Find or create at least 3 images for each poem. If you find the images on the Internet, you must create a bibliography for them. Present the images creatively on an 8x11 piece of paper.

PART 2: Peep Diorama (2nd Quiz Grade)

Information: The Washington Post is currently sponsoring its third annual “Peeps Diorama Contest.” Peeps are those disgustingly sweet bunnies and chicks that make their way onto grocers’ shelves shortly after the stale Valentines are discarded. You will follow the rules of The Washington Post’s competition. You may do this assignment individually or in pairs.

Instructions:

• You will be randomly assigned a scene from “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. You will find (online) and read a biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
• Create a diorama to illustrate the assigned scene from “Kubla Khan” and creatively incorporate an event from Coleridge’s life into that scene. (You may not choose the story we read in class about how Coleridge came to write “Kubla Khan.”)
• Diorama MUST be in a shoebox or comparably sized box (12x5x7).
• The diorama must be decorated to create the “setting” for the scene of the poem.
• An event from Coleridge’s life must be creatively incorporated into the diorama.
• ALL characters must be played by PEEPS (bunnies or chicks).
• Title must include deftly (cleverly) applied PUNS. (A pun is the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words. In other words, you need to incorporate the word “peep(s)” into your title.)
• A title for the scene MUST be clearly displayed on the diorama.
• Grading will be based on creativity, effort, and accurate depiction of the event & poem.
• I MUST be able to determine your scene by looking at the diorama.
• Presentations will be no more than 2 minutes. You will explain the specifics of your scene, using quotes from the poem. You will also explain the event in Coleridge’s life that you incorporated into the scene.