Definition and purpose: A lyric is designed to communicate a feeling through imagery.
- Pick an image that means something to you
- Examine the feelings it give you
- Craft them into phrases that communicate the picture and emotion without a subject or a verb.
Rubric pattern:
First Line: Participial Phrase (Refrain)
Second Line: Gerund Phrase
Third Line: Infinitive Phrase
Fourth Line: Refrain
Fifth Line: Infinitive Phrase
Sixth Line: Gerund Phrase
Seventh Line: Refrain
Example:
Moonlight
By Hope Ellen Rapson
Shimmering in the moonlight
The shining of peaceful dark
To sleep in a quiet wood
Shimmering in the moonlight
To drink deeply of quiet air
The resting of the busy day
Shimmering in the moonlight
Here are some student responses to this lesson:
Waterfall
By Shelby Blakeman (Grade 10)
Trickling
The tranquilizing
To rush
Washing away all fears
The feeling of peace
Washing away all cares.
2 comments:
I came home from church this morning and opened this blog. U decided to try my hand at building such a lyric. You know, it's harder than it sounds. Anyway, here are a couple of tries.
Communion
Lying in my palm,
the coming of a holy Presence
to fill my life with love,
lying in my palm
to save me from myself,
the feeding of a hungry soul:
lying in my palm.
Rain
Falling wetly from the sky,
a weeping from the One who cares
to cleanse and heal a messed up world,
falling wetly from the sky,
to show the world His deep compassion,
a calling to the badly broken,
falling wetly from the sky.
-----ed pacht
Wonderful, Ed. You always produce really good poems!
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