MsU“Poetry Genius Annotation Rubric” by MsU Lyrics
NB: You must upload the poem, create an account and email me your username
Assignment: You are asked to choose a poem by any of the poets we are reading this semester, upload it to “Poetry Genius” and annotate it. You may not write about a poem that we read for class or about a poem that is already on the site with significant annotations. Part of the goal of this assignment is to encourage you to choose a poet whose work you enjoy and to read his/her poetry more broadly. Choose a poem about which you feel you have something to say.
An excellent annotation will:
• Give well-researched, accurate background information about historical events, locations, people, terms etc. mentioned in the poem.
• Explain, in a concise manner, lines or ideas that you feel may be difficult to understand. Remember this is not an essay. Your explanations probably shouldn’t exceed a short paragraph. Spend some time looking at other annotations to see what kinds of explanations work well. Avoid explaining the meaning of lines that are relatively straightforward—ie, “the speaker is siting in a waiting room at a dentist’s office waiting for her aunt.” This information is easily gleaned from Bishop’s poem. The line, “In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo” invites more of an interpretive response.
• Be impeccably grammatically correct. Proofread at least twice.
• Provide visual illustrations. (What does a “pith helmet” look like?) When possible use “wiki commons.” If you are taking an image from a news article, give credit where credit is due. Your use of images should be relevant and informative. Ideally, images should convey information that is not immediately obvious upon reading the poem.
• Provide a link to a youtube video where relevant. (Is there a video of people cutting turf?)
• Provide, if it exists, a link to an audio recording of the poet reading her work. (Obviously, you won’t find any for Dickinson or Shakespeare, though you may find other writers/ performers reading these poets aloud well.)
• Provide a link to another work. You may think the poem is referencing another poem or is echoed in another poem. If so, upload that poem (if it isn’t already on the site) and link to it. You can also link to a song, a clip from your favorite movie, a science article etc. –anything you feel may be echoing the poem or expressing a markedly similar idea.
Here is a link that will help you get started. It explains how to create a username and account, how to upload poems and how to embed links and images. Please spend a bit of time familiarizing yourself with the site. Have fun!
http://rapgenius.com/Poetry-brain-editors-poetry-brain-editing-guidelines-lyrics
Assignment: You are asked to choose a poem by any of the poets we are reading this semester, upload it to “Poetry Genius” and annotate it. You may not write about a poem that we read for class or about a poem that is already on the site with significant annotations. Part of the goal of this assignment is to encourage you to choose a poet whose work you enjoy and to read his/her poetry more broadly. Choose a poem about which you feel you have something to say.
An excellent annotation will:
• Give well-researched, accurate background information about historical events, locations, people, terms etc. mentioned in the poem.
• Explain, in a concise manner, lines or ideas that you feel may be difficult to understand. Remember this is not an essay. Your explanations probably shouldn’t exceed a short paragraph. Spend some time looking at other annotations to see what kinds of explanations work well. Avoid explaining the meaning of lines that are relatively straightforward—ie, “the speaker is siting in a waiting room at a dentist’s office waiting for her aunt.” This information is easily gleaned from Bishop’s poem. The line, “In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo” invites more of an interpretive response.
• Be impeccably grammatically correct. Proofread at least twice.
• Provide visual illustrations. (What does a “pith helmet” look like?) When possible use “wiki commons.” If you are taking an image from a news article, give credit where credit is due. Your use of images should be relevant and informative. Ideally, images should convey information that is not immediately obvious upon reading the poem.
• Provide a link to a youtube video where relevant. (Is there a video of people cutting turf?)
• Provide, if it exists, a link to an audio recording of the poet reading her work. (Obviously, you won’t find any for Dickinson or Shakespeare, though you may find other writers/ performers reading these poets aloud well.)
• Provide a link to another work. You may think the poem is referencing another poem or is echoed in another poem. If so, upload that poem (if it isn’t already on the site) and link to it. You can also link to a song, a clip from your favorite movie, a science article etc. –anything you feel may be echoing the poem or expressing a markedly similar idea.
Here is a link that will help you get started. It explains how to create a username and account, how to upload poems and how to embed links and images. Please spend a bit of time familiarizing yourself with the site. Have fun!
http://rapgenius.com/Poetry-brain-editors-poetry-brain-editing-guidelines-lyrics