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Writing Your Poem
You
are going to be writing your own poem in reaction to what you have heard
and learned about prejudice and discrimination in major league
baseball. It may be a tribute to a particular player or your thoughts
about prejudice, discrimination, and racism.
Directions for Writing Your Poem
 Besides
having rhyme, most poetry also has a certain rhythm which
is produced by a pattern of accented and unaccented syllables. An
unaccented syllable is represented by a , and an accented syllable
is represented by a .
A
typical stanza following this system might be the following or similar
to the one I wrote;
8 The
wind so cold blew south and north, A
6 And
blew into the floor. B
8
Quoth our goodman to our goodwife, C
6 “Get
up and bar the door.”
Your
poem should follow the same rhythm and rhyme pattern as the one above.
It should be at least 3 stanzas (12 lines) long and have a title.
If
you choose to write a poem in free verse form, make sure it has at
least 12 lines also.
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