NARRATIVE POETRYMrs. Morris

English II

October 31, 2012

OBJECTIVE

Analyze the characteristics of a narrative poem

LITERARY VOCABULARY

Narrative Poetry

Stanza Figurative Language

Speaker

NARRATIVE POETRY Tells a story Has a plot Combines excitement of story with elements of poetry

STANZA

An arrangement of a certain number of lines forming a division of a poem.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning,

SPEAKER

The narrative voice in a poem

THINGS TO LOOK/LISTEN FORCROSSING THE BORDER BY JOY HARJO/EXILE BY JULIA ALVAREZ

Who is the speaker in each poem?

Who are the characters? Where are the settings? What are the conflicts? What are the

resolutions?

NARRATIVE POEMS FOR THIS LESSON Crossing the Border by Joy Harjo

Exile by Julia Alvarez

JOY HARJO

Born in Tulsa, OK in 1951.

Member of the Muscogee (Creek) Tribe

Professor at University of New Mexico

CROSSING THE BORDER

Turn to page 139 Read by Joy Harjo http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/crossing-the-border-into-canada

CANADIAN BORDER PATROL STATION

JULIA ALVAREZ

Born in New York City, NY on March 25, 1950.

Moved with her parents to the Dominican Republic at the age of 3 months.

Left her home in the Dominican Republic in 1960 at the age of 10 years.

Her father was involved in a plot to overthrow the dictator.

The family had to flee from the Dominican Republic because they would be murdered otherwise.

She was professor at Middlebury College in Vermont until she recently retired

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

• Ciudad Trojillo is now Santo Domingo

• Dictator Rafael Trujillo renamed the city after himself in 1936.

• Trujillo was assassinated on May 30, 1961.

• The name of the city was changed back to Santo Domingo in 1961.