Introduction to poetry

• 1. Introduction to PoetryBilly Collins

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• I ask them to take a poem

• and hold it up to the light

• like a color slide

• or press an ear against its hive.

• I say drop a mouse into a poem

• and watch him probe his way out,

• or walk inside the poems room

• and feel the walls for a light switch.

• I want them to waterski

• across the surface of a poem

• waving at the authors name on the shore.

• But all they want to do

• is tie the poem to a chair with rope

• and torture a confession out of it.

• They begin beating it with a hose

• to find out what it really means.

3. Poetry means nothing if unread 4. color slide 5. to press 6. hive 7. to drop 8. to probe 9. light switch 10. waterski 11. surface 12. to wave 13. author 14. shore 15. to tie 16. rope 17. torture 18. confession 19. beating 20. hose 21. Poetry means nothing if unread 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. Poetry means nothing if unread 40. color slide 41. to press 42. hive 43. to drop 44. to probe 45. light switch 46. waterski 47. surface 48. to wave 49. author 50. shore 51. to tie 52. rope 53. torture 54. confession 55. beating 56. hose 57.

• I ask them to take a poem

• and hold it up to the light

• like acolor slide

• orpressan ear against itshive.

• I saydropa mouse into a poem

• and watch himprobehis way out,

• or walk inside the poems room

• and feel the walls for alight switch .

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• I want them towaterski

• across thesurfaceof a poem

• wavingat theauthor s name on theshore.

• But all they want to do

• istiethe poem to a chair withrope

• andtortureaconfessionout of it.

• They beginbeatingit with ahose

• to find out what it really means.

59. senses

• I ask them to take a poem

• and hold it up to the light sight

• like a color slide

• or press an ear against its hive. sound

• I say drop a mouse into a poem feel

• and watch him probe his way out,

• or walk inside the poems room

• and feel the walls for a light switch. feel

60. HOTS Higher Order Thinking Skills

• Explaining patterns:

• Identify and explain different patterns in the text and explain their significance.

• Explain why certain lines/ phrases/words are repeated.

• What behavior does the character/speaker repeat?

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• I askthemto take a poem request

• and hold it up to the light

• like a color slide

• or press an ear against its hive.

• I saydrop a mouse into a poem

• and watch him probe his way out,

• or walk inside the poems room

• and feel the walls for a light switch.

• I wantthemto waterski command

• across the surface of a poem

• waving at the authors name on the shore.

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• But alltheywant to do

• is tie the poem to a chair with rope

• and torture a confession out of it.

• Theybegin beating it with a hose

• to find out what it really means.

63. Theme

• an investigation

• an intent

• playfulness of poetry

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