agenda____________________ Concrete Poetry and Couplets Homework____________________________

1. agenda____________________ • Concrete Poetry and Couplets Homework____________________________ • Create a concrete poem on your chosen topic. Include at least ONE couplet opener________________________________ • Copy Concrete poem: a type of poem where the visual placement of words and pictures are an essential part of the poem Couplet: a pair of rhyming lines which are right next to each other

2. agenda____________________ • Concrete Poetry and Couplets Homework____________________________ • Create a concrete poem on your chosen topic. Include at least TWO couplets opener________________________________ • Copy Concrete poem: a type of poem where the visual placement of words and pictures are an essential part of the poem Couplet: a pair of rhyming lines which are right next to each other

3. Concrete Poem Example STEP 1: Put together a poem: A click, a sputter, a whoosh—to roar!A flick, a shudder, a push—to soar!The wings held steady; the nose held high;The plane is ready to touch the sky!

4. Concrete Poem Example STEP 1: Put together a poem: A click, a sputter, a whoosh—to roar!A flick, a shudder, a push—to soar!The wings held steady; the nose held high; The plane is ready to touch the sky! COUPLET 1 COUPLET 2

5. Concrete Poem Example STEP 2: Visualize/Sketch the layout of your poem:

6. Concrete Poem Example STEP 3: Lay out the poem according to the format of your sketched idea

7. Concrete poetry is an artistic expression of written language. Concrete poets make designs out of letters and words. Even though the visual pattern (shape) can really catch our eye, it is the language itself that makes a poem poetic. “ELIZABETH” Trees outnumber *Elizabeth*     Clouds   blossom      Streets    carpet   Locks    harbor       Walls     gardenGlass     pictures     Steel  posesLamps fountain    Stones nurture     while     Trees,      still    outnumbering    *Elizabeth*,   surround and defend....

8. “Flower”

9. “Triangle” Iama veryspecialshape I havethree points andthree lines straight.Look through my wordsand you will see, the shapethat I am meant to be. I'm justnot words caught in a tangle. Lookclose to see a small triangle. My anglesadd to one hundred and eighty degrees, youlearn this at school with your abc's. Practice yourmaths and you will see, some other fine examples of me.

10. “Sailboat”

11. “Concrete Cat” A e t A e t stripestripestripe stripe e Y e e Y e tai stripestripestripe ltai tail whisker whisker ltai ltail stripestripestripestripe m h whisker whisker t stripestripestripe o U stripestripestripestripe paw paw paw paw dishdish litterbox litterbox

12. DIRECTIONS • Use your chosen topic from your handout to guide your subject matter • Write out your poem/idea and sketch your basic design before putting it all together • The look and shape of your poem needs to match your topic