I was given this assigment, kind of a nonsence poem. Here is the list:
Recipe Writing
1. Begin the poem with a metaphor.
2. Say something specific but utterly preposterous.
3. Use at least one image for each of the five sense, either in succession or scattered randomly throughout the poem.
4. Use one example of synesthesia (mixing the senses--see the example in the lecture this week).
5. Use the proper name of a person and the proper name of a place.
6. Contradict something you said earlier in the poem.
7. Change direction in the poem--digress from the last thing you said.
8. Use a word (slang?) that you've never heard in a poem before.
9. Use an example of false cause/effect logic.
10. Use a piece of "borrowed talk"; that is, eavesdrop on some people,
write down a sentence or fragment of a sentence that they say (out of
context--it's best if you don't know what they're talking about) and
use it in the poem.
11. Create a metaphor using the following construction: "The (adjective) (concrete noun) of (abstract noun)..."
12. Use an image in such a way as to reverse its usual connotation.
13. Make the persona or characters in the poem do something he/she/they could not do in real life.
14. Refer to yourself in the third person and using a nickname.
15. Write in the future tense, such that part of the poem seems to be a prediction.
16. Modify a noun with an unlikely adjective.
17. Make a declarative assertion that sounds convincing but ultimately makes no sense.
18. Use a phrase from a language other than English.
19. Make a non-human object say or do something human. (Personify something.)
20. Close the poem with a vivid image that makes no new statement, but "echoes" an image from earlier in the poem.
Here is what I wrote. Would you please check my answers, and
those with the three stars next to them I had difficulty with. Thank
you so much for your help. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Recipe Writing
Travel
1.My brass bed is like a multidimensional portal.
2.Nodding, to avoid paying fare.
3.Eyes turn of their light as hands hold pillow of reality. Soothing
lullaby on radio, and aroma of clean sheets give security. Starchy
taste of sleep envelops me.
4.Brass bed feeds the mind, eyes record all.***
5.Diana in New York City enjoys travel.
6.I paid the fare.
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7.Reading a book is safer, and you can get them free at the library.
8.Kewl tittles.
9.Reading made me forget the use of words.***
10.It's fundamental, and half price.
11.Small word teach.***
12.Pensive pen takes notes from the bottom up the page.***
13.Diana grows wings, and flies claiming it's the only way to travel.
14.Di, she always preferred flying.
15.Her wings will be matured, and ready for flight in the year 2030.***
16.All she feels is a pimple shaped bump wing where it's growing.***
17.I will stop touching them, and serve them coffee.
18. Esto esta loco en el coco.
19. Shiny brass bed standing on it's front legs screams, "don't grow wings".
20. Diana in her new pink nightgown slips her slender legs inside the
covers, and resting her head on her pillow prepares to travel.