Burns and Blake

The Rabbie Burns Biography... Done animation style...

This video is a pretty good capsulation of his life. ^ This guy is one of the pre-romantic poets, along with William Blake.

^ This guy was pretty formative, too.

Poetry Intro Day Project

The Renaissance Poetry Packet
This is the poetry packet. (a Google Doc)

Did You Know?

The five poems on the first page of the packet are all related in some way. 

BLOG ASSIGNMENT: 

Write one paragraph that tells the “untold” story behind the 5 poems on page 1 of packet.

(6-8 sentences)
In your paragraph, be sure to use at least three words or phrases from the poem. Put quotes around and highlight the words/phrases used.

I [Mr. Becksfort] am looking for interesting, imaginative, and clever responses.

English Renaissance

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