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**These pages contain our poetry and allow us to represent our understanding of the poetry of others.**
=__**Poetry Portfolio**__=


 * Each portfolio should contain:

- A quote from the "Observations about Poetry" sheet - An original Ode - An original "Praise" Poem - A poem that riffs off another poet's work - An original Sonnet -** **A statement about your own poetry (at least one-half page long when written on Word (double spaced).** **You may choose to focus on content, literary strategies, commentary on specific poems...** - You should also create a piece of original artwork to accompany one of the poems you have included in your portfolio.**
 * - Three poems from one poet on Poets.org. Analysis of these three poems. Analysis should examine the poet's work by providing insight into both individual poems and the poet's work overall. This should be at least one page long when typed in Word (double-spaced). You should be sure to include specific analysis of lines as well as broader statements about the poet's work.


 * In addition to the portfolio, you will perform a reading (memorized!) of any poem (your own or another poet's) in class on Friday, March 6th.**