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Gemini
25-October-2005, 02:21 AM
I had to do project in English that is poetry related,any suggestions, I know Iwill use High Flight for sure
Moose
25-October-2005, 02:23 AM
This time of year? Poe's The Raven is a fun natural choice. (Perhaps a bit cliché, though. YMMV.)
Gillianren
25-October-2005, 02:43 AM
I've always been partial to Shakespeare's Sonnet 130. (Ah, for the days when you didn't have to name poetry . . . .) Still, I'd like a little more information--what are you supposed to be doing with this poem? How long/short ought it be? Any requirements about author (age, country, native language)?
TheBlackCat
25-October-2005, 02:48 AM
My favorite poem (i.e. the only one I actually like besides a couple very short humorous ones) is Ozymandias (http://www.aggieband.com/poems/ozamandias.html)by Percy Bysshe Shelly
Enzp
25-October-2005, 07:42 AM
Compare and contrast Canterbury Tales and the Purple Cow poem.



Oh, maybe not...
Janice
25-October-2005, 08:06 AM
My favourite poem is "Jabberwocky" but doing a project on it would be difficult and I don't think it would do well grade wise.
sarongsong
25-October-2005, 09:22 AM
...I know Iwill use High Flight for sure"The poem, High Flight, has over the years become a mantra to pilots.
It is reproduced here (http://www.deltaweb.co.uk/spitfire/hiflight.htm) as a tribute to, and in memory of pilots of all generations..."
Laminal Cockroach
25-October-2005, 09:28 AM
I think that high flight poem is really good sarong song...
kylenano
25-October-2005, 09:39 AM
On an astronomical theme (sort of?) The Star Splitter (http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/hp/resources/arts/poetry/starSplitterPoem.html) by Robert Frost. A man burns down his house to claim the fire insurance so he can buy a telescope.
Doug1943
25-October-2005, 09:51 AM
I'm not a supporter of Intelligent Design, but I've always liked this poem. I don't know the author, though, and couldn't find it on Google.

If chance can dance
The dust afar
In myriad motions, to a star.

If chance can mold,
With pollen gold,
The silken seeds, where lillies are.

If chance one daisy can unfold,
Then God the hand of chance must hold.

I think this actually expresses in verse the position of the Roman Catholic Church on the evolution/ID controversy. (That is, it doesn't matter which side is right, God still did it. Neat, huh?)

But if that's too simple, here's a great one by Edna St Vincent Millay:

http://womenwriters.about.com/cs/americanauthors/a/distressed.htm

Doug