POETRY STUDYBook A: Kennedy, XJ The Phantom Ice Cream Man. David McPhail ill. New York, Atheneum, 1979. Print.CollectionNCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) recognized winner: 2000. Collaboration of 5th grade English teacher and library media specialist for upcoming poetry unit . The teacher will present the lesson and the SLMS will prepare the necessary materials, block time, and help with the project while the students are in the library. Lesson 1: The collection of absurdist poems in XJ Kennedy's book can be compared to what other absurdist writers have found in fiction. ? For example, Dr. Seuss, his books are known for their absurd words and vocabulary. Locate two other authors who specialize in nonsense verse and compare at least three characters to one or more of the poems found in this collection. Lesson 2: Children's rhymes and fairy tales are sometimes called poems because they tend to take on a lyrical writing style. In the books we have just read; The Toll Bridge Troll by Patricia Rae Wolf and The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Janet Stevens contain examples of absurd characters forming the story. What comparisons can you make between the characters in the storybooks and the poems found on pages 26-34? Give details and write your own nonsense poem. 1st quality: “Consonance is the repetition of the sound of the final consonant” (Horning 71). An example of this type of writing so often used in poetry can be found in the following poems: “I'm tired of looking at the boats below! I'll complain that even gargoyles have sore throats from the gurgling winter rain. "The Gargoyle Protest" (Kennedy 5) Another example of this can be found again in Kennedy's poem...... middle of paper ...... hymes are a very common feature in many poems. The following poem by XJ Kennedy shows how similar ending sounds give a structured resonance to the poem. “With a big, swollen bag of milk. She is standing, this cow in the stable. - bagoh, see The hot white liquid lock - As the big cat craves every drop of creamy new cow juice. "(Greenberg 17) Stuart Davis: First, 1957 by Sunshine. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. Print. Heart to Heart. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001. Print. York, Atheneum, 1979.Print.