Ode Poem Assignment

Write Your Own Ode Assignment

Due at the end of the period

Your poem should be a celebration – of a person, an event, an achievement, a relationship, an animal, an ordinary object, or simply the day. Stanzas can be as short as four lines or as long as thirty; the goal is to present the celebration in a lyrically smooth manner that focuses on the content, not the structure. You can literally create your own stanza, meter, and rhyme pattern. Try to repeat the stanza structure you create for every succeeding stanza (same number of lines).

Write Your Own Ode Directions

1.         Select a subject to write about:  person, place or thing.

2.         Brainstorm by writing phrases describing how your subject makes you feel and why you feel this way.

3.         Give your subject praise or thanks (ex: Oh, _____________!).
4.         Speak directly to the person, place, or thing.
5.         Use adjectives to describe the person, place, or thing.
6.         Use strong verbs to bring that person, place, or thing to life.
7.         Write your final ode on your own paper and attach it to this paper.

 

Write Your Own Ode Requirements

·         Length: At least 14 lines

·         Use at least two of the following sound devices:

o   Repetition

o   Rhyme

o   Onomatopoeia

o   Alliteration (repeated sounds at the beginning of words – She sells sea shells by the sea shore)

·         Highlight and label the sound devices in your ode.

·         Use at least two of the following literary devices:

o   Hyperbole

o   Metaphor

o   Simile

o   Personification

o   Imagery

·         Highlight and label the literary devices in your ode.