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English 11 Poetry Unit

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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.

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