March 23, 2015Parody assignment

Homework: Study your flashcards!

Work on Stopping By Woods parody

ObjectiveI can create a parody of a serious poem that mimics the elements found in the original.

Warm Up:

Turn to pg. 52-54 in your vocabulary book. Make flashcards for all 20 words.

One of the greatest American poets was Robert Frost

Let's take a look at one of his most popular poems...

Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

by: Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

This is a serious poem, however, you will be creating a parody of this poem.

What is a parody?

parody

a humorous or satirical

imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing

Your assignment is to write a parody of Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening, but your version must be called Stopping By ________________ on a ____________. You must mimic the original poem's structure rhyme schemesyllable pattern all the while talking about your experience. Let's take a look at an example that I wrote...

This restaurant is one you may know. Bonefish Grill’s where I love to go.On Friday nights, we’ll head out there.I’ll eat my mussels nice and slow.

By now my husband knows I willEat Bang Bang shrimp and have my fill.Every mouthful will taste just right,And then he’ll have to pay the bill.

I give my meal a hungry bite.‘Til not one morsel’s left in sight.Not one small crumb left on my plate,But now my pants fit extra tight!

The meal was scrumptious, fresh and great.I can’t believe how much I ate! But now my stomach’s in a state,But now my stomach’s in a state.

Stopping by Bonefish Grill on a Friday Night

(A parody of Robert Frost’s Stopping by Woods on a Snowy

Evening)

This poem is due on Thursday, March 26th.This is the last formal grade for the 3rd quarter. There will be NO test corrections / do overs for this!You MUST follow the requirements!Follow the rhyme scheme (it is not necessary that you rhyme between stanzas, just within the stanza)Follow the syllable pattern (8 syllables per line) Talk about your experience at the place you selected. NO RESTAURANTS!Your parody must be typed or written in ink!Skip a line between your stanzas. All rhymes must be PERFECT, and you cannot simply copy the last words from the original poem.Do NOT create words or force rhymes that make no sense!

Parody assignment requirements