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This document provides information about a poetry unit for an English 11 class. It includes two poems, "Ode On Being Five" and "Elegy on His Cat" as examples. It also defines the forms of two types of poetry - the ode and elegy. The ode conveys exalted emotions in an elaborate lyrical form. An elegy is a reflective poem that expresses sorrow and loss, presenting its subject as absent or gone. It may treat any subject but must do so with reference to the poet's feelings.
This document provides information about a poetry unit for an English 11 class. It includes two poems, "Ode On Being Five" and "Elegy on His Cat" as examples. It also defines the forms of two types of poetry - the ode and elegy. The ode conveys exalted emotions in an elaborate lyrical form. An elegy is a reflective poem that expresses sorrow and loss, presenting its subject as absent or gone. It may treat any subject but must do so with reference to the poet's feelings.
This document provides information about a poetry unit for an English 11 class. It includes two poems, "Ode On Being Five" and "Elegy on His Cat" as examples. It also defines the forms of two types of poetry - the ode and elegy. The ode conveys exalted emotions in an elaborate lyrical form. An elegy is a reflective poem that expresses sorrow and loss, presenting its subject as absent or gone. It may treat any subject but must do so with reference to the poet's feelings.
I made a paper Valentine I have not lost my rings, my purse,
all red and edged with lace. My gold, my gems-my loss is worse, And on my paper Valentine, One that the stoutest heart must I drew a pretty face. move. My pet, my joy, my little love, I painted on two big blue eyes My tiny kitten, my Belaud, and then a great big grin I lost, alas, three days ago. and knew it wouldn't be complete "Elegy on His Cat" without a dimpled chin. by Joachim Du Bellay
I love you, paper valentine,
and just between us two, I hope someday when I grow up I'll look as sweet as you. Elegy is a form of poetry natural to “Ode On Being Five” the reflective mind. It may treat of By CJ Heck any subject, but it must treat of no subject for itself; but always and exclusively with reference to the The ode is a lyric poem. It conveys poet. As he will feel regret for the past or desire for the future, so exalted and inspired emotions. It sorrow and love became the is a lyric in an elaborate form, principal themes of the elegy. Elegy expressed in a language that is presents everything as lost and imaginative, dignified and gone or absent and future. sincere. Like the lyric, an ode is of S.T. Coleridge Greek origin.