Poetry CAT 2
Constructing your CAT
English CAT 2- Poetry
Part 1- Produce an anthology of poetry
Part 2- Poetry Analysis. Using SLIMS , analyze a poem of choice (Oral Task)
Part 1
The collective noun for a group of poems is known as an Anthology. An anthology of poetry is a book of poetry. You must write the poems in your anthology. The types of poems in your anthology will (but are not limited to) include-
· Haiku
· Limericks
· Acrostic poems
· Shape poems
· Multi-stanza poems
· Poems with similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration and onomatopoeia
· Poems that rhyme, poems that don’t rhyme (rhyming scheme)
· Poems with beat/metre or rhythm (sonnet)
Example of a multi-stanza poem that has a rhyme scheme-
The Postman
Satchel on hip
the postman goes
from doorstep to doorstep
and stooping sows
each letterbox
with seed. His right
hand all the morning makes
the same half circle. White
seed he scatters
a fistful of
featureless letters
pregnant with ruin or love.
Shakespearian Sonnet
English playwright, William Shakespeare wrote thousands of poems and plays. He is well known for his descriptive style, use of imagery, strong exploration of human emotions but also for his strict adherence to the structure of poetry.
Shakespeare created a form of poetry known as Shakespearian Sonnet.
A Shakespearian sonnet is structured this way-
It is a 14-line poem consisting of 3 stanzas of 4 lines each and a rhyming couplet.
Each line has iambic pentameter (or 10 beats per line)
The rhyme scheme is abab, cdcd, efef, gg.