To Autumn

What?

• We focus on image, theme, language, rhythm, rhyme and anything else that strikes you as important in what many consider to be THE LAST POEM I EVER WROTE
• We do this over the course of two lessons, and conclude our studies on me FOR NOW

Task One:

• Grab a partner and join me outside. (You may not have noticed, but I am dangerously obssessed with quite interested in nature.)
• Use a suitable recording device (mobile phone?) to take some photos which you feel signify signs that Autumn is with us
• You will need to post these photos (your three favourite), writing between one and two lines of poetry for each one that you feel fits MY STYLE.
• Obviously the line of poetry you write should in some way be connected to the picture
• If you can use a rhythm and meter that I use in my poetry, you are a LEGEND
• Make sure you save your work - if you do not have time to post it all today, you can do so on Friday
• DO NOT read my poem on Autumn yet. That would be cheating...

Rhythm and Meter in La Belle Dame Sans Merci

What?
Establish how I cleverly subvert the traditional ballad form in La Belle Dame Sans Merci

Why?
So we begin to appreciate that FORM and CONTENT work together to create and extend meaning in literature.


Let´s start by hearing some of your readings of my poem. Lovely...