1. Find Langston Hughes. Read "I, too, sing, America."  Copy down one metaphor from the poem. Go back to "find poem page."

2.Find Emily Dickinson. Read "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" (712). What is personified in the poem?

3. What was ee cummings’ life like as a child?

4. How long does it usually take Elizabeth Bishop to write a poem and why?

5. Who were Langston Hughes’s early influences?

6. What region of the United States did Robert Penn Warren focus on in his writings?

7. List at least two of the themes that William Bronk wrote about frequently - is there a connection between the two?

Go to "make" and read the introduction page.

8. From where does the word "poet" derive?

9. What does "poet" mean?

10. Who said, "From heaven to earth, from earth to heaven"?

11. Does poetry need to rhyme?

12. Who said, " Tell the Truth, but tell it slant"? 13. Do poems need revision?."

TAKE THE “POETRY QUIZ”- Record your answers on your paper

Choose a “kit” and create a poem by moving the words around your screen! When you finish, copy your poem onto your paper. (I’d try the “HIGH SCHOOL” kit!)