Block of Ashes

* Open


* Poetry

• Villanelle: A French verse form consisting of five three-line stanzas and a final quatrain, with the first and third lines of the first stanza repeating alternately in the following stanzas. These two refrain lines form the final couplet in the quatrain (The Poetry Foundation).  The form is not ancient and has mostly been employed in modern times. 
• Etymology
• Italian: villanella: rustic song
• Italian: villano: peasant
• Latin: villanus: farmhand 
• Yes, this word is related to villain; bru, ha,ha!
• Read and answer the following questions (Journal 14):
• Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)
  • The House on the Hill
  • 1. Why does the speaker repeat himself if "there is nothing more to say"?
   
• W. H. Auden (1907–1973) 
• "If I Could Tell You" 
• 2. Who is the speaker?  Who is the speaker addressing?

• Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
• One Art 

• 3. Ask yourself: What is the art?  Is it hard to master?  Has the speaker mastered it?  How do you know?

* CWP Reminder

• Prompt: Satirize love, however gently, or rejoice in something commonly overlooked. 
• Various Examples of Satire
• "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift 
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 
• "Another Tattoo" by Weird Al Yankovic
• "Cheese" by G. K. Chesterton
• Format:

•  Prose (love): Weighted heavily on dialogue.  OR
• Prose (Chestertonianish): Remember that the more mundane the subject, the more room you have to exalt that subject and cloth it with wonder and glory. 
•  Poem: An extended poem or song; you may double space.

• In general, your work will be narrative.  Please read this overview of the basics from Purdue University on narrative writing.    
• Due date: March 6 

* Austen

* Ahead?  Work on your rewrite or contest entry.

HW: CWP