Culminating Poem (15 pts)Your last poetry assignment is to complete a

culminating poem! Poem Requirements:(3 pts) Three drafts: 12 lines/6 lines/3 lines(2 pts) Poem is creative(2 pts) Poem is thoughtful, polished, and

unified—develops a single topic(8 pts) Original poem contains at least 3

examples of clear, descriptive imagery (underline) and 1 other poetic device (describe in a sentence after your poem.)

(Options: simile, metaphor, tone, diction, speaker, end rhyme, internal rhyme…).

For inspiration…

Photos: http://www.peacefulmind.com/images/massage/scallop_shell.jpg, http://ocw.nd.edu/architecture/nature-and-the-built-environment/lecture-5/seashell/image_preview

Your TaskFirst, you are going to create a 12-line poem about the

seashell. Think about how your seashell is different than all

the other seashells on the beach. Consider the location of where the seashell was found.

How and when it was found. Use sensory details.Describe the texture, coloring, size, etc.Next, you are going to revise that poem and cut it down

to the most important 6 lines. You need to stay true to the importance of your single shell against the background of where it came from.

Lastly, you are going to revise again and cut the poem into 3 lines.

Cream and brown against the fine sandCrinkled at the edgesRidged like the crimped edges of pie crustA single shell sits

Wedged in its soft sandy bedSniffed at by shaggy dogs on joggers’ leashesReverently touched by a child in heart-shaped purple

plastic sunglassesOne single shell, beached

A tiny mountain Polished as a statue This cream and brown coneSmoothed glassy by the touch of a million waves

Example (12-line):

Cream and brown against the fine sandSmoothed glassy by the touch of a million wavesRidged like the crimped edges of pie crust

A single shell sitsLifted by tiny hands to top a sandy fortressThe two-foot guard wears heart-shaped purple plastic sunglasses

Example (6-line):

Cream and brown against the fine sandOne shell, smoothed glassy by the touch of many wavesRidged under my fingers like the crimped edges of pie crust

I used the simile “like the edges of pie crust.”

Example (3-line):

“Sand and Glass”