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Penelope's Poem
Kind of Activity:
Creative Writing
Objective:
Students will analyze the structural elements of the poem and write their own poems using that structure to summarize Penelope's experience while Odysseus was away.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3
Structure:
To begin this activity, as a class, analyze the structure, rhythm, and rhyme scheme of the poem in Chapter 13:
- Four-line stanzas
- First three lines of each stanza include end rhyme
- Final word of the line of each stanza rhymes with other stanzas
- Semi-regular rhythm of each line (iambs)...
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