Comparing Works... or not.

Comparing Works... or not.

No more old time odes today!

Multiple Choice

Which generation would you fit into?

• Gen X

• Millennial

• Gen Y

• i-Generation

• Gen Z

Open Ended

Explain how this fits in the category of an ode.

Open Ended

How is this ode the same or different than those we previously read from the Romantic period?

Open Ended

What makes this poem and ode?

Open Ended

If you were to write an ode about where you live, what types of locations would you include?

Open Ended

Do a little research and find out who Herb Kent was. Explain here in just a few of your own words.

Open Ended

How is this ode the same or different than those of the Romantics? Explain.

Open Ended

Compare and contrast what you notice about the setting in the odes we read today and those of the odes from the Romantic era?

Open Ended

How is this ode different than the others we have looked at?

Multiple Choice

Who is the narrator of this ode?

• It is an omniscient narrator.

• Billy Joe's girlfriend

• A neighborhood girl who heard of Billy Joe's death.

• Billy Joe

Open Ended

What is the narrator's family doing while this story is being told? How does the narrator react to the news?

Open Ended

What news does the family get later that evening about previous happenings on the bridge?

Open Ended

What does this ode leave the reader/hearer wondering?

Open Ended

Of the more modern odes we looked at today, which one was your favorite and why?

QUIZ TOMORROW!

ON ODES FROM THE ROMANTIC POETS