“Incident,” pp. 115-116; write the answer to the question on p. 116.
Question- What accounts for the effectiveness of the last stanza? Comment on the title. Is it in key with the meaning of the poem?
The effectiveness of the last stanza emphasizes on the fact that this young speaker only remembered when she was called this racist word, even though she spent a couple of months there this is the only thing she remembers. Yes, the title depicts or foreshadows that out of all the goodness in this poem there will be something bad, that occurs.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Blurry Cow
Analayize- Blurry Cow
Blurry Cow Breakdown
• Read it through- Done
• Define any words you don’t know
o Loping-run or move with a bounding stride.
• Identify the speaker- the speaker is someone who is observing two cows and what they are doing.
• Identify the situation
o What’s happening-two cows are eating in a field.
o When is this happening- during the day
o Where is this happening- a farm somewhere
• Identify the tone of the poem
o How the poem makes you feel- this poem makes me feel as if any ordinary thing can be beautiful.
o The Speaker and how or what he gives to you.
• Identify important words or phrases- ‘the afterimage of this day on earth.’
• Breakdown the words
o Musicality- sound- feeling- the musicality of the words makes it sound happy and as if it is beautiful
o Denotation- definition(s)
o Connotation- what the word implies
• Name the theme of the poem
• The theme of this poem is beautifulness anything can be beautiful, you just have to look at it in a different way.
o NOT THE MORALE
o Usually implied in the poem
• Or the purpose of the poem- the purpose of this poem is to inform you that what ever you see last on this earth is beautiful no matter what.
• How does the author achieve this affect- the author achieves this affect by taking two ordinary simple everyday animals and breaks down what they do, “One stamps at the hot sting of a deerfly.”
Blurry Cow Breakdown
• Read it through- Done
• Define any words you don’t know
o Loping-run or move with a bounding stride.
• Identify the speaker- the speaker is someone who is observing two cows and what they are doing.
• Identify the situation
o What’s happening-two cows are eating in a field.
o When is this happening- during the day
o Where is this happening- a farm somewhere
• Identify the tone of the poem
o How the poem makes you feel- this poem makes me feel as if any ordinary thing can be beautiful.
o The Speaker and how or what he gives to you.
• Identify important words or phrases- ‘the afterimage of this day on earth.’
• Breakdown the words
o Musicality- sound- feeling- the musicality of the words makes it sound happy and as if it is beautiful
o Denotation- definition(s)
o Connotation- what the word implies
• Name the theme of the poem
• The theme of this poem is beautifulness anything can be beautiful, you just have to look at it in a different way.
o NOT THE MORALE
o Usually implied in the poem
• Or the purpose of the poem- the purpose of this poem is to inform you that what ever you see last on this earth is beautiful no matter what.
• How does the author achieve this affect- the author achieves this affect by taking two ordinary simple everyday animals and breaks down what they do, “One stamps at the hot sting of a deerfly.”
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The Chimeny Sweeper
#1. The speaker thinks that you will be realeased when you die, which differs from what the poet thinks, in which the poet thinks that when you die you stay in your coffin, 'covered' from the rest of the world.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Barbie Doll
*Read “Barbie Doll” pp. 117-118; Make note of all figures of speech that you can find. Post these on the blog.
1. There are many figures of speech in this poem such as: “So she cut off her nose and her legs. In the casket displayed on satin she lay with the undertaker’s cosmetics painted on,”.
*Read “Ozymandias” p. 121; Break down poem. Post on blog
• Read it through-Done
• Define any words you don’t know-Done
• Identify the speaker
o The speaker is probably a mother or a friend who is witnessing the situation.
• Identify the situation
o What’s happening
• The speaker is telling the reader what is happening during a young girl who is going through puberty.
o When is this happening
o When is this happening
o Where is this happening
• Identify the tone of the poem
o How the poem makes you feel
• I feel sad for the girl cause she was never pretty only when she died.
o The Speaker and how or what he gives to you.
• Identify important words or phrases
o “Doesn’t she look pretty?”
• Breakdown the words
o Musicality- sound- feeling
o Denotation- definition(s)
o Connotation- what the word implies
• Name the theme of the poem
• the theme of the poem is change and dramatic irony comes into play as well.
o NOT THE MORALE
o Usually implied in the poem
• Or the purpose of the poem
o The Purpose of the poem is to inform young women and men that they will always be pretty they just have to look beyond the parts that might ‘make’ us look ugly.
• How does the author achieve this affect
o The author achieves this by, using lots of dramatic irony and words to describe what I said about the purpose of the poem.
1. There are many figures of speech in this poem such as: “So she cut off her nose and her legs. In the casket displayed on satin she lay with the undertaker’s cosmetics painted on,”.
*Read “Ozymandias” p. 121; Break down poem. Post on blog
• Read it through-Done
• Define any words you don’t know-Done
• Identify the speaker
o The speaker is probably a mother or a friend who is witnessing the situation.
• Identify the situation
o What’s happening
• The speaker is telling the reader what is happening during a young girl who is going through puberty.
o When is this happening
o When is this happening
o Where is this happening
• Identify the tone of the poem
o How the poem makes you feel
• I feel sad for the girl cause she was never pretty only when she died.
o The Speaker and how or what he gives to you.
• Identify important words or phrases
o “Doesn’t she look pretty?”
• Breakdown the words
o Musicality- sound- feeling
o Denotation- definition(s)
o Connotation- what the word implies
• Name the theme of the poem
• the theme of the poem is change and dramatic irony comes into play as well.
o NOT THE MORALE
o Usually implied in the poem
• Or the purpose of the poem
o The Purpose of the poem is to inform young women and men that they will always be pretty they just have to look beyond the parts that might ‘make’ us look ugly.
• How does the author achieve this affect
o The author achieves this by, using lots of dramatic irony and words to describe what I said about the purpose of the poem.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Toads
“Toads” p. 82-83; write the answers to #4 and 5.
1. The second ‘Toad’ in the poem is the word starves, which can mean either; one dying for food, be freezing cold, or deprive of something necessary. In this poem it seems that it is used as the most common meaning hunger. This is the second ‘Toad’ that is used in the poem.
• Read it through-Done
• Define any words you don’t know-Bumpkins-socially awkward person from the countryside.
• Identify the speaker-Someone who works hard and doesn’t get treated the way he or she needs or wants to be.
• Identify the situation
o What’s happening-Speaker is talking about how he/she not being treated well.
o When is this happening-“” “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “
o When is this happening-Sometime during the day
o Where is this happening-inside somewhere
• Identify the tone of the poem
o How the poem makes you feel-Sad, Disgusted, Revolted, and Cold.
o The Speaker and how or what he gives to you.-The speaker gives me the feeling that he is tired of doing something and he wants a change for the better.
• Identify important words or phrases-Works, Toads, Starves, and ‘Stuff your Pension’.
• Breakdown the words
o Musicality- sound- feeling
o Denotation- definition(s)
o Connotation- what the word implies
• Name the theme of the poem- The theme of this poem is that if you want to change something or if you want something better for you, you need to make it happen and do something about that change, it will not happen on its own.
o NOT THE MORALE
o Usually implied in the poem
• Or the purpose of the poem
• How does the author achieve this affect- The author achieves this by, using starves, ‘Stuff your pension’, and other themed like words or phrases.
1. The second ‘Toad’ in the poem is the word starves, which can mean either; one dying for food, be freezing cold, or deprive of something necessary. In this poem it seems that it is used as the most common meaning hunger. This is the second ‘Toad’ that is used in the poem.
• Read it through-Done
• Define any words you don’t know-Bumpkins-socially awkward person from the countryside.
• Identify the speaker-Someone who works hard and doesn’t get treated the way he or she needs or wants to be.
• Identify the situation
o What’s happening-Speaker is talking about how he/she not being treated well.
o When is this happening-“” “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “
o When is this happening-Sometime during the day
o Where is this happening-inside somewhere
• Identify the tone of the poem
o How the poem makes you feel-Sad, Disgusted, Revolted, and Cold.
o The Speaker and how or what he gives to you.-The speaker gives me the feeling that he is tired of doing something and he wants a change for the better.
• Identify important words or phrases-Works, Toads, Starves, and ‘Stuff your Pension’.
• Breakdown the words
o Musicality- sound- feeling
o Denotation- definition(s)
o Connotation- what the word implies
• Name the theme of the poem- The theme of this poem is that if you want to change something or if you want something better for you, you need to make it happen and do something about that change, it will not happen on its own.
o NOT THE MORALE
o Usually implied in the poem
• Or the purpose of the poem
• How does the author achieve this affect- The author achieves this by, using starves, ‘Stuff your pension’, and other themed like words or phrases.
The Victims
“The Victims” pp. 385-386; *Read “The Victims,” pp. 385-386; Explain exactly who the victims are in this poem and how you know.
1. The victims in this poem are the children of the Mother and Father that are mentioned. Although the children said that they were grinning under their ‘sadness’ I think that the speaker meant the reader to figure out that the children, were actually sad in the end, with both of their parents leaving them, alone and unattended.
1. The victims in this poem are the children of the Mother and Father that are mentioned. Although the children said that they were grinning under their ‘sadness’ I think that the speaker meant the reader to figure out that the children, were actually sad in the end, with both of their parents leaving them, alone and unattended.
Song Of The Powers
“Song of the Powers” pp. 74-75; #4
1. The final stanza shows that everyone will end alone, no matter what, if there is a winner there is always a loser, which means when everyone dies they will be alone. This type of literary device is called an Apostrophe- Which consists in addressing someone absent or dead or something nonhuman as if that person or thing were present and alive and could reply to what is being said.
1. The final stanza shows that everyone will end alone, no matter what, if there is a winner there is always a loser, which means when everyone dies they will be alone. This type of literary device is called an Apostrophe- Which consists in addressing someone absent or dead or something nonhuman as if that person or thing were present and alive and could reply to what is being said.
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