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Perre Shelton “Dandelion” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx5lX69AE_g (2:20)

ROUND 1

ROUND 1

“She was never the beautiful, long-haired mother...”

• Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds.

• Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds.

WHAT DOES HE MEAN?I will assign each table a stanza. As a group, answer the question(s), or follow the directions, below. Then come up with a one or two sentence summary of your stanza. After that, elect one classmate to tell the class what your group came up with.

•Stanza one:•Find at least two examples of assonance in stanza one.

•Stanza two:•What does the “white picket fence symbolize” in the first line?

•Stanza three:•What is he saying about his mom?

•Stanza four:•Find at least two examples of consonance in stanza four.

•Stanza five:•Who is the dandelion a metaphor for?•What is he really saying about that person?

Lose YourselfYou better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo (you better)

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavyThere's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghettiHe's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and readyTo drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettingWhat he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loudHe opens his mouth, but the words won't come outHe's chokin' how, everybody's chokin' nowThe clock's run out, times up, over, blaw!Snap, back to reality, oh, there goes gravityOh, there goes Rabbit he choked, he's so mad but he won'tGive up that easy, no, he won't have it he knowsHis whole back's to these ropes, it don't matter he's dopeHe knows that but he's broke, he so stagnant he knowsWhen he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it'sBack to the lab again, yoThis whole rhapsody better go capture this momentAnd hope it don't pass him.

ROUND 2

ROUND 2

TYPES OF RHYME“His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavyThere's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti”

1. End Rhyme – “heavy” and “spaghetti” Rhymes that are placed at the end of a line.

2. Internal Rhyme – “sweaty” and “already”Rhymes that are not placed at the end of a line.

3. Transformative Rhyme – “Sweater” and “already” Words that only partially rhyme or don’t rhyme at all when they are read on paper, but when they are spoken out loud the performer alters, or bends, the pronunciation of the word to make it rhyme.

“I think a lot of things rhyme with orange … If you’re taking the word at face value and just say, ‘orange’ nothing is going to rhyme

with it exact. If you enunciate it and make it more than one syllable — or-ange — you could say, like, 'I put my or-ange four-inch door hinge in stor-age and ate por-ridge with Ge-orge.’ You

just have to figure out the science to breaking down words.”

EMINEM, talking to Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes

In table groups find one example of each of the following:

“His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavyThere's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti”

•end rhyme – rhymes placed at the end of a line.

•internal rhyme – rhymes placed anywhere except the end of a line.

•transformative rhyme– changing, or bending, how a word is

pronounced to make it rhyme.

•Assonance – repetition of vowel sounds.

•Consonance – repetition of consonant sounds.

A BARD wrote formal lyric poetry which was read on paper.

Musicians write freestyle lyric

poetry which is performed.

Lyric poetry focuses more on sound and emotion, and less on story or character.

“But even when a rapper is just rapping about how dope he is, there’s something a little bit deeper going on.”

“It’s like a sonnet, believe it or not. Sonnets have a set structure, but also a limited subject matter: They are mostly about love. Talking on such a familiar subject [love] and writing about it in a set structure challenged them [sonnet writers] to invent new language for saying old things. It’s the same with rap.”

– Jay-Z

SHAKESPEARE

Fragment from Sonnet 130 I have seen roses damasked, red and white, ABut no such roses see I in her cheeks; BAnd in some perfumes is there more delight AThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks. BI love to hear her speak, yet well I know CThat music hath a far more pleasing sound; DI grant I never saw a goddess go; CMy mistress when she walks treads on the ground. D And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare E As any she belied with false compare. E

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ROUND 3

SHAKESPEARE

Fragment from Sonnet 130 I have seen roses damasked, red and white,But no such roses see I in her cheeks;And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound;I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.

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