Enhancing the communication skills through understanding the basics of finding meaning in poetry.

2. “Purepoetry isthought, foolish youwhodonotknowit,you
knowyoursciences.
Butineverywordlight ispoetry.
Thatvaultthat bracesitself aroundyouandwidensyearning,
givestheheartlife,isvisionandthought, wonfrombloodfire. Creative
flamesfromastruggle,likechieftain’s duel.
Purepoetryisduty’s lifeandthought’s temperanceandthosewild
perspective.”
–GunnarBjorling

4. Understand every word in a poem.
My heart is fraught with woe.My heart is fraught with woe.
fraught – filled or full
woe – great sadness or sorrow

5. drink - swallowing liquid through the mouthdrink - swallowing liquid through the mouth
Look into my eyes with love.

6. Her beauty demanded the world.
Her beauty the world demanded.
(for she was vain)
(for she was popular)

7. Elisionsaretheomissionof lettersandwords.
In this case, the sentence construction of this prose has elision.

8. He had the patience of Job.
An allusion is often called a reference to
other circumstance from an external
context.
A metaphor is a thing regarded as
representative or symbolic of something else,
especially something abstract.
A statue I was when he smiled at me.

9. Whither, midst falling dew,
While glow the heavens with the
last steps of day,
Far, through their rosy depths,
dost thou pursue
Thy solitary way?
-William C. Bryant
Paraphrase: Where, while the dew is fallingand the sky is red with the sunset,
are you going allby yourself?
Summary:Where doesyourlonelywayleadyouatnightfall?

10. HOWEVER...
Remember that a
paraphrase or
summary is NO
substitute for the
poem itself.

11. EXERCISE!
Paraphrase then summarize the following
passages.

15. “Stone wallsdo not aprison make,
Nor iron bars a cage;
Minds innocentand quiet take
That for a hermitage.”
-RichardLovelace

16. A thingof beauty is a joyforever:
Its lovelinessincreases;
It willnever pass into nothingness.
-JohnKeats

17. Well done!

19. Preparedby:
ClariceAnne D.Talaboc