Transcript Slide 1

Poetic Rap
1ghet·to
: a part of a city in
which members of
a particular group
or race live usually
in poor conditions
List one thing
you think rap
and poetry
have in
common after
listening to
the following
excerpt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLHQ
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Listen to first 1:40
Poetic Elements
If the game shakes me or breaks me
I hope it makes me a better man
Take a better stand
Put money in my mom’s hand”
Notorious B.I.G.
“Sky is the Limit”
Poetic Elements
”And in a slug fest I get physical like
physicians
And visual like magicians with mystical mic
traditions
Wicked wizardry, like a sorcerer and no
remorse for ya. “
- Eminem “Open Mic”
Poetic
Elements
Lose Yourself
His palms are sweaty,
knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already,
mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface
he looks calm and ready
But he keeps on forgetting what he
wrote down,
The whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't
come out He's choking how, everybody's
joking now.
Rap and Hip Hop
songs usually have a
THEME which is
either a story or a
message.
And 2morrow
Theme::
Structure
Poetic
Elements
I Dream A World
And 2morrow ! -Tupac
Today is filled with anger,
Fueled with hidden hate,
Scared of being outcast,
Afraid of common fate,
Today is built on tragedies,
Which no one wants 2 face,
Nightmares 2 humanities,
And morally disgraced,
Tonight is filled with rage,
Violence in the air,
Children bred with ruthlessness,
Because no one at home cares,
Tonight I lay my head down,
But the pressure never stops,
Gnawing at my sanity,
Content when I am dropped,
But 2morrow I c a change,
A chance 2 build a new,
Built on spirit, intent of heart,
And ideals based on truth,
And 2morrow I wake with second wind,
And strong because of pride,
2 know I fought with all my heart 2 keep
my dream alive !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZAulSpf93o&list=RDUZAulSpf93o#t=144
Starts at :35.
avarice- extreme greed for wealth or
material gain
Blights- “to impair the quality or
effect of”
Find the themes in the two poems. Are they similar or different?
And 2morrow:
hope- Tupac speaks about how the world is today and having hopes for a
better tomorrow.
I Dream a World: hope- Langston Hughes is expressing his dream that
someday everyone will be treated equally despite race.
Compare and contrast the poetic form of the poems (rhyme, rhythm, structure etc).
And 2morrow: This is a lyric poem
24 lines and one stanza.
It follows an irregular rhyme scheme,
uses colloquial language (2morrow),
irregular rhythm.
I Dream a World: 16 lines and one stanza.
free verse; no set rhyme scheme
. The poem also uses repetition.
What literary devices or figures of speech can you find in these poems?
And 2morrow: But the pressure never stops, (HYPERBOLE)
Gnawing at my sanity (personification)
I Dream a World: And joy, like a pearl (simile)
And peace its paths adorn; saps the soul (alliteration)
wretchedness will hang its head (personification)
Tupac’s original lyrics
to “And 2morrow”