Sound & Form

Preparing for the Discussion
Read and annotate the Sound & Form poems and watch the Sound & Form PowerPoints before beginning this discussion.
Then, choose your favorite of the poems we read this week and/or the one which gave you the most to think/write about. I recommend reviewing your poem annotations and your Sound & Form Journal before beginning the discussion.
Review all of the sources on the Sound & Form Discussion Resources page.
Creating the Initial Discussion Response
Consider the sound and form of the poem and how it contributed to the poem’s meaning.
Then, choose 1 of the following:
Create at least a 1-minute song or partial song inspired by the poem. This could be setting your poem to music OR writing an original song inspired by the poem. For simple advice on writing songs, read this Wikihow article (Links to an external site.). Create a recording of the song and upload a link to it here. OR
Create a poem that is inspired by this week’s poem in some way. For instance, you could write another day’s numbers to add to Claire Lee’s “Living by Numbers,” or a haiku about a natural spot you love (it doesn’t have to include frogs like Bashō’s!). You could write a sequel to “You Fit Into Me” or a poem from the POV of the speaker’s partner: How do they feel about being called a fish hook in an open eye? Note: Your poem doesn’t have to use the same form as the original’s. That is, you don’t have to write another epigram to answer Atwood’s poem. For simple advice on writing poems, read this Wikihow article (Links to an external site.). Put the poem in the body of your post or attach a Word file to the post. OR
Design at least a 4-song playlist inspired by this week’s poem. Put the link to the playlist in the body of your post. Instructions for making YouTube (Links to an external site.) and Spotify (Links to an external site.) playlists are linked here.
Write at least 1 developed paragraph (5-7 sentences) explaining how your song, poem, or playlist connects to the words and images in the poem. Put the paragraph underneath your creative work.

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