Transcript
Poetry Introduction
September 29, 2009
Today
1. Housekeeping2. Poetry introduction3. Today’s poems
1. “My Papa’s Waltz”2. “Do Not Go Gentle”3. “Those Winter Sundays”4. “Digging”
4. Essay preparation
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What is Poetry?
How do you know you are dealing with a poem?
Poetry
Close-reading/explication Context Comparisons
Poetry
Narrative Tells a story:
Epic Ballad
Lyric Tells about speaker’s mood, feelings, state of
mind: Elegy Ode Occasional Pastoral Dramatic Monologue
Typical Themes
Theme: main point or main idea (different than subject)
Found through identifying parts of poem Voice Diction Imagery Figures of speech Sound Form Symbol, allegory, allusion, myth Theme
Looking at a Poem
“She Walks in Beauty” (827) Stanza Alliteration Simile Metaphor Rhyme Metre Imagery
Scansion
Metre Stressed and unstressed Feet comprised of stressed/unstressed
syllable groupings “I didn’t steal the keys from the counter.”
Scansion
Feet: Basic unit of measurement Iamb: My heart is like a singing bird Trochee: We were very tired, we were very
merry Anapest: There are many who say that a
dog has his day Dactyl: Take her up tenderly Spondee: Smart lad Pyrrhic: (illegitimate)
Scansion
Metrical line has certain number of feet Feet make up a metrical line
Metrical Lines
Monometer Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Pentameter Hexameter Heptameter Octameter
“My Papa’s Waltz”
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“My Papa’s Waltz”
Form Iambic trimeter Four stanzas
“My Papa’s Waltz” (570)
What is the waltz?
“Do Not Go Gentle” (571)
Is the father dead yet? How do you know?
What is the difference of all four types of men?
Why wait until the last line to mention father?
Name the main metaphor in the poem.
“Those Winter Sundays” (573)
“Digging” (574)
Essay #1
Due: Tuesday, October 6
Weight: 20%
No summarizing of story
The Perfect Paragraph
Topic Sentence
Topic Sentence
Point #3
Point #3
Point #2
Point #2
Point #1
Point #1
Concluding Sentence to Summarize and
Transition
Concluding Sentence to Summarize and
Transition
Essay Preparation:Quote Integration Frame all quotes with your own writing Spend as much time or more explaining
each quote as the quote is long Change tense or pronouns from original
that do not mesh with your own framing text
Only put a comma before the quote if it could be replaced with the word “that”
Quote Integration The article was about the gender
differences in garage sale sellers and buyers.
The author discussed how female buyers differ from male buyers.
Quote Integration
The article begins with a quote from Lisa McFarren who states that, “I’ve known many men to have a garage sale.”
The author explicitly states that his “field research indicates there is indeed a division of labour.”
Quote Integration
Spend as much space discussing the direct quotation as is the length of the quote.
Quote too long? Summarise Paraphrase, or Use ellipses.
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