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.
To His Coy Mistress
“To His Coy Mistress” pp. 86-87; #3
1. First this poem confused me, I do not understand, is the speaker trying to woo a woman?
a. If the flood separates us yet, we lie before yonder waiting to go into this vast eternity. Therefore we must ‘grow our love, Vaster than empires, and more slow’. But eternity and life will not let them grow or use their love, on one another.
1. First this poem confused me, I do not understand, is the speaker trying to woo a woman?
a. If the flood separates us yet, we lie before yonder waiting to go into this vast eternity. Therefore we must ‘grow our love, Vaster than empires, and more slow’. But eternity and life will not let them grow or use their love, on one another.
Dream Deferred
“Dream Deferred” pp. 87; #1
1. The last and most important image that is used is ‘explode’, which gives the reader a shock in a way. This is because in the beginning of the poem the author used cringing writing, or disgusting writing, next the writer uses a calm and soft tone that is used, and all of a sudden the writer uses ‘explode’ as a word to catch you again, as if he was trying to awake you with his writing.
1. The last and most important image that is used is ‘explode’, which gives the reader a shock in a way. This is because in the beginning of the poem the author used cringing writing, or disgusting writing, next the writer uses a calm and soft tone that is used, and all of a sudden the writer uses ‘explode’ as a word to catch you again, as if he was trying to awake you with his writing.
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