Task 1: Creation of an Ode
1. Go to p. 668 and learn about what an ode is and how and why Romantic poets wrote these types of poems. There are several examples of odes in this section of the textbook, including Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind" and Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn." If you have not already done so, read one of these odes to get a better sense of this poetry type.
2. Next, you will be writing an ode to a place. Go to this site to view some of the places that were of particularly strong inspiration to the Romantic poets. Choose a place in the Lake District to look at and freewrite all the details about this place that you might be able to use in a descriptive writing.
3. Then, decide if you would like to stick with this place as your inspiration or choose somewhere new (from this site, or another travel site of your choosing).
4. Be sure to include personification and apostrophe in your poem (go to p. 682 to learn more about these). Also, go to p. 765 and learn about homonyms, homographs, and homophones and include one of these in your poem.
5. Use your literary terms on the front of your packet to try to craft your poem, including blank verse (does not have to rhyme!), or other terms as you see fit.
