Young poets are asked to craft a poem in the voice of a first person narrator, a dramatic monologue of sorts, that reveals not only a dramatic situation but something of the narrator's character as well.

Concepts

poetry writing, narrative poetry, poetry, irony

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Offer Shelley's sonnet, "Ozymandias," as a contrast to the more open format of the assigned poem

Classroom Considerations

• The poetry lesson presumes writers are familiar with both irony and persona

Pros

• The packet includes specific instructions for the assignment as well as model persona poems

Cons

• No rubric is included in the packet

Common Core

W.11-12.3.a