1) Using a search engine such as "google" (images), or a music site, such as Kazaa (images), you will download pictures that coincide with the poem. In other words,the first line of the poem reads, "Lo! Death has reared himself a throne" You may want to place the word 'death' upon a picture of a throne. You will do this for numerous lines in the poem, and make a picture portfolio of Poe's poem. If there are sections where you have to draw or write something, please feel free. On the bottom of each page, you will type the line that you are describing in the picture. Upon completion, you will have a magazine style portfolio which analyzes The City in the Sea with pictures. The second option is;
2) Download different sound effects from a site such as "Kazaa." The sound effects will coincide with the sounds that you think would be in the background if this poem was played as a short movie. Once you have all of the sound effects gathered, you will record yourself reading the poem, (you may use a dictaphone, mp3 player, answering machine, etc.) in a way that you think fits with the text. The goal here is quality, not quantity. In other words, while it will be somewhat difficult to have a plethora of different sound effects, I would like the concentration to be on the way that you read the poem. However, there are sound effects that can make the reading more interesting, and I would like you to try to enhance the reading as much as possible.
So...as you can see, you are either the magazine director or the audio producer and it is your job to make this poem more interesting and colurful for the reader. Have fun, be creative,as you make Poe's words come to life!!!
