Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Test Prep II

Enjambment 

I find reading poetry really difficult because I'm usually not sure if I need to pause or keep reading straight through.

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/glossaryItem.do?id=8102
This link has a nice definition, as well as some references to poems using enjambment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKgD0fq54y4
This video is of teachers reading end-stopped poems and poems using enjambment. I liked it because as they are reading, the words are on the screen making it easy to follow.

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=5139
This link is an example of a poem using both enjambment and end-stopped lines.

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