Week Six: Dramatic & Lyric Poetry

We read:

1. "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell

2. "Dream Boogie" by Langston Hughes
3. "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks
4. "The Ruined Maid" by Thomas Hardy
5. "Useful Advice" by Catherine Tufariello
We watched:

1. YouTube "We Real Cool" Video

2. Buldoc-Simpson's Dynamics of Dramatic Poetry

Presentation
3. Buldoc-Simpson's Lyrical Poetry Presentation
4. YouTube video Islam Against Terrorism Poem

Dramatic Poetry is one of my favorite literature subjects.

I loved the discussions on "We Real Cool" and "To His

Coy Mistress" because I was able to learn so much

about the poems from my peers. The "We Real Cool"

video was also fabulous, especially because it was

put to the music of Mos Def, who is one of my favorite

artists. I am finding that the discussion portion of the

class is very beneficial to my understanding,

knowledge and even self-confidence!

Here are two animations of T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufroc".

This is one of my favorite poems! I love how different these two animations are!

#1

Can you believe this is actually the author's

voice! I wish the second video had the

entire poem.

Which do you prefer?

#2