WEEK 4

Good morning!

Because there is no post on 10/6, you have TWO weeks to get this work done. 

Here's your work:

1. Read "Folk Ballads" on p.52 (and re-read "Literary Focus" on p.55). Last week you practiced the ballad form on a 12-line poem. Make sure you look for my comments; if I made no comments, that's good; If I did, then make sure you know what you need to do to get it right for this one (we'll do a longer version) and make any revisions that I pointed out.

Your original folk ballad...

• must have 8 stanzas (that's 32 lines) in abcb and alternating iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter (huh? Just like last week, think 4 beats / 3 beats; If you can’t sing it to the Gilligan tune, it’s not right. Don't get too hung up on precise syllable counts. The 4/3 beat has more to do with HOW you read it than in the exact number of true syllables. When I read it, I'll try to make it fit, but if you've got so many extra syllables that it can't be read in that meter, you may need to revise it. Read my comments on the shorter one from last week! That's why we practiced it!
• ...should be a worthy topic (drama, loss, love, adventure, tragedy, etc.) These are NOT autobiographical. No “I” or “me” in the narration. Tragedies work best, as our two examples so far demonstrate. 
• ...must use TWO direct quotes (dialogue); so you will need a character or two (1^st person pronouns ok here for the speaking parts).

2. Read the Chaucer and Canterbury Tales intro and "Prologue to the CT" (pp.56-77); answer the Recalling and Interpreting questions, ODDS ONLY, on p.78.

3. LBGB... You get a week off from LBGB. You're welcome! 


Due NEXT Friday at midnight. Not this Friday, next.


HAVE A GREAT WEEK.