TITLE PAGE FOR YOUR BOOKLET

Write a 50+ word personal definition of poetry. Illustrate/decorate your

page and include your 3 best Not the rose, but the scent of the rose
statements.
Criteria:
Your own personal
definition of 50+ words
that shows that you have
considered many aspects
of poetry, both as a writer
and as a reader
Attractive presentation
on the page
3+ statements that refer
to the senses like Not the
rose but the scent of the
rose

What is poetry?
Do you have a favorite poem?
What is poetry for?
What makes a poem good?
How do you read a poem?

Poetry
POETRY

by
Eleanor Farjeon
ELEANOR
FARJEON

What is Poetry? Who knows?

What is Poetry? Who knows?

Not a rose, but the scent of the rose;

Not a rose, but the scent of the rose;

Not the sky, but the light in the sky;

Not the sky, but the light in the sky;

Not the fly, but the gleam of the fly;

Not the fly, but the gleam of the fly;

Not the sea, but the sound of the sea;

Not the sea, but the sound of the sea;

Not myself,
but what
makes
Not myself,
but what
makes
me me

andsomething
feel something
that prose
See, See,
hear,hear,
and feel
that prose
Cannot:
and what
it is,knows?
who knows?
Cannot:
and what
it is, who
Write 3 of your own:
Not a/the __________, but the _______________ of the ___________

 JOURNAL WRITE:
CHOOSE ONE QUOTE

WRITE IT
WRITE 3+ SENTENCES, STATING WHY YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE