Mini-projects

Dickinson Poetry Mini-Projects

Write a twenty line (three to five stanza) poem in the style of Dickinson. Be sure to consider her diction, syntax, and themes in your work. Present to class.

Write a twenty-line poem using lines from Dickinson’s poems. Be sure the poem comes together to develop one over-arching theme. Present to class.

Write two haiku poems about Dickinson—use your knowledge of her poetry to imagine what she must have been like. Place poems in the center of a page of construction paper and build a collage (reflecting the theme of your poems) around the poems as a sort of frame. Zero negative space please. Present to class.

Memorize a Dickinson poem of fifteen or more lines and “perform” it in class—in other words, turn one of her poems in to a brief play.

Film a scene that reflects the ideas, images, and central purpose of one of Dickinson’s poems. Be sure to include the words of the poem in some fashion. Be sure that you have the film posted somewhere on the internet (build your own blog at Blogger perhaps) so that we can view it in class.