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BY TED KOOSER US POET LAUREATE 20042006 These days are brim full of bad news about our economy151businesses closing people losing their tion like this it146s in the fact that there146. Milton’s poetry consists of the moral & religious influences of Puritanism that are blended with the generous culture of the Renaissance. It falls into four periods: 1) the college period; 2) the Horton period; 3) period of his prose writings; & 4) period of his greatest poetic achievement. ‘Ode . A NEW NATION. “In establishing American independence the pen and the press had merit equal to that of the sword.”. . -. The History of the American Revolution (1789). 18. th. century = The enlightenment. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis . (CBS, 1959-1963). ENGL 3370: Modern American Poetry. Michael McClure. Gary Snyder. Allen Ginsberg. Jack Kerouac. ENGL 3370: Modern American Poetry. Jack Kerouac’s fictional Gary Snyder:. 1800 - 1860. Write a brief description of what it means to be “romantic”. Is this romantic?. Actually, in American literature . THIS . is Romantic. Do these pictures have anything in common?. Yes, look again…. Poetry is not prose. Prose is the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing.. Poetry is a form of literary expression that captures intense experiences or creative perceptions of the world in a musical language.. ―. A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. . – . Robert Frost . ―…the best words in the best . order. . – . Samuel Taylor Coleridge . ―Poetry is the most direct and simple means of expressing . The Renaissance:. In 30 Seconds. The Renaissance. "Renaissance," French for "rebirth," perfectly describes the intellectual and economic changes that occurred in Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries. . Please have your group’s collage on your table.. I am allowing ten minutes to go about the room and share the collages in preparation for tomorrow.. Then I’m taking up the collages.. Theme Collages . Poetry is a literary form characterized by a strong sense of rhythm and meter and an emphasis on the interaction between sound and sense. . The study of the elements of poetry is called . prosody. .. Elements of Poetry Poetry is not ____________. Prose is: ordinary ______________ people use in speaking or writing Poetry is: a form of _______________ expression _______________ intense Spacing Each section or subsection should be separated from the previous text by 12 points as indicated in the format/paragraph menu 24 Section and subsection headings Number the section and subsect Streaming. • Stream photos and videos from a mobile device, . laptop. , or network storage drive. • Stream music to your audio system. • Stream your mobile . device . or PC display and . audio . Basic. Gold. Tables. Column 1. Column 2. Column 3. Basic. Black. Column 1. Column 2. Column 3. Alternating Rows Gold. Column 1. Column 2. Column 3. Alternating Rows Black. Column 1. Column 2. Column 3. Can also be written, but…. Roots are in . Oral Traditions . and . Performance. Often encompasses elements of rap, hip-hop, storytelling, theater, jazz, rock, blues, folk music. Characteristics: Rhyme, Repetition, Improvisation, Word Play.