Us History Great Depression – Immigration
write a poem for two voices, a poem designed to be read by two people who take opposing sides of an issue. This type of poem is written in two columns, with the lines for the first person in the left column and the lines for the second person in the right column. Standard grammar rules do not apply for two-voice poems. Subject is Immigration during the great depression.
write a poem for two voices with differing perspectives on your chosen issue. One
column of the poem should be from one perspective. The other column should be from
the other perspective.
Your poem should include the following:
• a balance of the two perspectives
• accurate historical facts about the issue and events surrounding the issue
• creative details that can be inferred from the historical facts
• sensory imagery that appeals to the five senses
Follow the format of a poem for two voices, using the guidelines below:
• Each column is a different voice or person.
• If both people speak at the same time, the words are written on the same line in
both columns.
o Example:
Chicago, city of hope Chicago, city of ruins
Both speakers would be saying their lines at the same time.
• If only one speaker is speaking at a time, use a blank line to represent silence.
The other speaker will have a line to speak in his column.
o Example:
The city grows strong with new life
The city dies
Each of these lines would be spoken alone, one after the other.
• Try to have the lines reflect each other. For instance, both of the “Chicago” lines
describe the city—one describes it as a city of hope, while the other describes it
as a city of ruins. In the second set of lines, each speaker is presenting his/her
contrasting ideas about the city—one says that the city is growing with new life
and the other believes that the city is dying. These compare and contrast the
viewpoints of the city.
• Since this is a poem, you do not have to respect standard grammar, punctuation,
or capitalization rules. However, your poem should be free of spelling errors.
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