Free Verse No Rules Allowed. History Free Verse appeared in 1915 Walt Witman and Emily Dickenson are...

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Free Verse Free Verse No Rules Allowed

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Page 1: Free Verse No Rules Allowed. History Free Verse appeared in 1915 Walt Witman and Emily Dickenson are well known for being early writers of free verse.

Free VerseFree Verse

No Rules Allowed

Page 2: Free Verse No Rules Allowed. History Free Verse appeared in 1915 Walt Witman and Emily Dickenson are well known for being early writers of free verse.

HistoryHistory• Free Verse appeared in 1915 • Walt Witman and Emily Dickenson are well

known for being early writers of free verse poetry.

Page 3: Free Verse No Rules Allowed. History Free Verse appeared in 1915 Walt Witman and Emily Dickenson are well known for being early writers of free verse.

History continuedHistory continued• In the 20’s and 30’s the writers of the Harlem

Renaissance were well known for the use of free verse in poetry

• Beatnik’s of the 50’s and 60’s helped to popularize free verse

• Some important writers from these two groups are: Allen Ginsbourg, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, E.E. Cummings, and Langston Hughes

Page 4: Free Verse No Rules Allowed. History Free Verse appeared in 1915 Walt Witman and Emily Dickenson are well known for being early writers of free verse.

A Quote!A Quote!• Richard Aldington said:

“We do not insist upon 'free-verse' as the only method of writing poetry. We fight for it as for a principle of liberty.”

• What is the significance of this quote?

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Your Turn!Your Turn!• At your table, come up with your own

definition of free verse• Be sure to include its purpose (what this form

is used for)• You have four minutes

Page 6: Free Verse No Rules Allowed. History Free Verse appeared in 1915 Walt Witman and Emily Dickenson are well known for being early writers of free verse.

Langston HughesLangston Hughes• An important writer during the Harlem

Renaissance • His work spoke to the feelings of people in

Harlem community, as well as African American’s all over the country.

• Wrote six children’s books • Published over 30 books of poetry, fiction, and

non fiction• Has written 13 major plays

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Juke Box Love SongJuke Box Love SongI could take the Harlem nightand wrap around you,Take the neon lights and make a crown,Take the Lenox Avenue busses,Taxis, subways,And for your love song tone their rumble down.Take Harlem's heartbeat,Make a drumbeat,Put it on a record, let it whirl,And while we listen to it play,Dance with you till day--Dance with you, my sweet brown Harlem girl.

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Allen GinsburgAllen Ginsburg• A well known writer of the Beat Generation • Like many authors of this time period, he was

known as a political activist• Wrote over 20 books of poetry

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Fourth Floor, Dawn, Up All Night Fourth Floor, Dawn, Up All Night Writing LettersWriting Letters

Pigeons shake their wings on the copper church roof out my window across the street, a bird perched on the cross surveys the city's blue-grey clouds. Larry Rivers ‘ll come at 10 AM and take my picture. I'm taking your picture, pigeons. I'm writing you down, Dawn. I'm immortalizing your exhaust, Avenue A bus. O Thought! Now you'll have to think the same thing forever!

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You be the Author!You be the Author!• Write a free verse poem– It must be at least two quatrains long– You will have the rest of the class to finish your

work