Now strike your sailes ye iolly
Mariners,
For we be come unto a quiet rode,
Where we must land some of our passengers,
And light this wearie vessell of her lode.
Here she a while may make her safe abode,
Till she repaired have her tackles spent,
And wants supplide. And then againe abroad
On the long voyage whereto she is bent:
Well may she speede and fairely finish her intent.
~ Edmund Spenser, Fairie Queene, Book I, Last Stanza
Advanced Poetry is currently in production and the Beta version is projected to be available by Fall 2008 at a discounted price.
| Theory | The Advanced Poetry Books |
| Analysis & Imitation | What to Buy |
| Practice (Writing Projects) | Frequently Asked Questions |
Advanced Poetry builds on the foundation laid in Intermediate Poetry. This is a Great Books poetry course intended for use in high school. Students read in full the following great works:
Dante’s Inferno
Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser
Paradise Lost by Milton
In addition, the students analyze and imitate selections from Shakespeare’s sonnets, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, as well as poems from various other poets such as Poe, Coleridge, and Taylor.
In Advanced Poetry, we introduce:
Figures of Speech – metonomy,
synecdoche, comparison, and repetition as well as a review of figures learned in
Poetry for Beginners and
Intermediate Poetry
Poetic Meter – irregular meter theory and usage, as well as a review of
iambic, trochaic, dactylic, and anapestic meters
Stanza Forms – rime royal, ottava rima,
sonnets, and blank verse as well as a review of stanza forms
learned in
Poetry for Beginners and
Intermediate Poetry
Advanced Poetry is divided into four units which cover the following concepts:
Unit 1 – Meter
Review of metrical systems: iamb, trochee, dactyl, and
anapest; irregular meter theory and usage, as well as the predominant
use of iambic pentameter in English poetry
Unit 2 – Stanzas
Review of previously learned stanza forms; new forms: rime royal, ottava rima,
sonnets, blank verse
Unit 3 – Figures of Speech
Tropes and schemes; review of figures; new figures: synecdoche,
metonomy, global classification of figures of comparison, and repetition
schemes
Unit 4 – Reading and Understanding Poetry
Rhetorical situation, rhetorical purpose, narrative framework, lyrical
appeals, which in addition to sensory appeals include emotional, moral,
intellectual, and spiritual appeals
In Advanced Poetry, students continue to develop copia — a variety of ways to express the same thought. The book's four units are laid out as follows:
Unit 1 ~ Foot and Meter
scanning irregular meters; understanding the structure of English
poetry; review of
previously learned meters
Unit 2 ~ Stanza Forms
analyzing and imitating rime royal and sonnets; review of previously
learned stanza forms
Unit 3 ~ Figures of Speech
analyzing and imitating figures of speech; effective use of figures of speech in poetry
and in prose
Unit 4 ~ Reading and Understanding
analyzing lyrical and sensory appeals, rhetorical purpose,
rhetorical situation, narrative framework; writing analytical essays on
narrative and lyrical poetry
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In Advanced Poetry students imitate poems and write analytical essays about poems. The students composes poems of his own by imitation of classic models.
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Advanced Poetry is a
non-consumable text containing one semester’s
worth of writing instruction and work. The lay out of the books is
linear, start in unit 1 lesson 1 and work straight through the text
through unit 4’s final lesson. The students may cover the material
simply by working through the lessons in sequence.
We strongly emphasize, however that the majority of our teachers and
students should use the consumable Student Guide.
The material in our intermediate and advanced books is challenging, and
is best encountered with the strong organizational foundation that the
Student Guide provide: weekly schedules with check lists, coordinating
lessons, and reading for each unit. The Student Guide includes copies of
the models, charts and tables for analysis and imitation, as well as
space for most of the diagramming work. Finally, the Student Guides have
extensive Answer Keys which you will find invaluable as a time and
stress saver!
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What to Buy for Advanced Poetry:
Please note: Advanced Poetry's Beta version is projected to be available by Fall 2008 at a discounted price.
Advanced Poetry
~ core text needed for Advanced Poetry
~ non-consumable
~ lessons laid out in units
~ prerequisite: Intermediate Poetry
~ recommended for 9th grade and up
~ Student Guide is recommended
Advanced Poetry Student Guide
~ consumable
~ 15 weeks of assignments
~ weekly schedules for all assignments
~ optional poetry reading schedule
~ includes all models, charts, and tables needed
~ extensive answer key included
How do I know if my students are ready for Advanced Poetry?
The beginning Diogenes Maxim student should have completed Classical Writing's Intermediate Poetry .
I’d love to buy Classical Writing but we are on a tight budget.
Advanced Poetry is a non-consumable book, so it can be reused or resold. It may be possible to only purchase one Student Guide and use it as a non-consumable book by having your students do their work on the computer or on separate paper instead of marking up the book.
