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Books
Poetry A Pocket Anthology by R.S. Gwynn,
Penguin Academics, 2002.
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Description
1. Read Introduction pages 1 – 29.
2.
Writing About Poetry
page 49 - 50.
3. Answer questions # 4
and # 5 on how figures of speech add to theme
and relation among subject, tone, and theme.
Compare your answers to author. |
Tasks 1.
Show relationship between literary
devices and meaning of poem.
2. Discuss the theme of
the poem. 3. Show how figures of
speech add to theme of the
poem. |
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Websites:
Poetry Analysis Fact Sheet:
A short-but-sweet skeleton of what could be included in a poetry
analysis. One could use this to practice for exercise.
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/analysis.html
Critical Reading: A
Guide: A
basic primer to poetry analysis. This can be
helpful when preparing for exercise 1.
http://www.brocku.ca/english/jlye/criticalreading.html
Techniques for Poetry Analysis and
Discussion: An outline for analysis. Very
sketchy.
http://www.pfmb.uni-mb.si/eng/dept/eng/poetry/text/technique.htm
Glossary of Poetic Terms
Review alliteration, onomatopoeia
personification, rhyme, rhythm, metaphor,
repetition, and simile.
Read "The Highwayman"
by Alfred Noyes. Identify the theme of this
poem. Choose three of the above Literary devices and identify them
in the poem and explain how they effect (support) the theme and the
mood of this poem.
http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary.html
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Websites
Questions for Theme
Analysis:
Six questions to guide your analysis
of a piece.
http://www.northern.edu/hastingw/theme.htm
Analyzing Theme:
A brief description of
theme and how it is contrived from different
elements in a story.
www.learner.org/exhibits/literature/read/theme1.html
Classic Literature Directory:
Theme:
A
brief definition, followed by a listing of some
universal themes in literature.
http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-hw/bl-theme.htm
Exploring Prejudice in Young
Adult Literature through Drama and Role
Play
Although this site is geared toward
what a teacher can do with Roll of Thunder,
Hear My Cry, a candidate could go through
the same suggested processes as a practice for
this exercise.
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/spring95/Bontempo.html
Helpful Sites Related to Universal Themes
http://www.inetteacher.com/section2.aspx?uid=102846&pgid=16&secid=10011&s
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Support Candidates
English Language Arts : Early Adolescence