This document provides a summary and analysis of two poems: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth, a classic poem from 1770-1850, and "The Lesson" by Maya Angelou, a modern poem from 1928-2014. It analyzes the style of language used in "The Lesson", including hyperbole, simile, metaphor, and personification. The document examines how these literary devices are used to describe the themes of life, death, and the willingness to face challenges in order to keep living in the poem.

1. CLASSIC AND
MODERN POETRY
SISKA DEWI PARAMITHA
(XII MIPA 7)
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2. The Classic Poetry

3. I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

4. The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

5. The Modern Poetry

6. The Lesson by Maya Angelou
(1928-2014)
I keep on dying again.
Veins collapse, opening like the
Small fists of sleeping
Children.
Memory of old tombs,
Rotting flesh and worms do
Not convince me against
The challenge.
The years
And cold defeat live deep in
Lines along my face.
They dull my eyes, yet
I keep on dying,
Because I love to live.

7. Analysis of “The lesson”

8. The Lesson is tell us about live and
death. This poem has 14 lines and 4
sentences. This is sonnet because it has
14 lines.

9. Style Of Language
Line 1
“I keep on dying again.”
It’s use Hyperbole.
The Writer isn't really dying, she just feels like
she's dying. She use hyperbole to describe how
h0ribble the struggles in her life feel. She’s has
died more than once but now she’s still alive.

10. Line 2-4
“Veins collapse, opening like the
Small fists of sleeping
Children.”
It’s use Simile.
She compares her collapsing veins to the opening
and closing fist of a child that is sleep. She has
already said that she died once, and now she
describes it in vivid detail.

11. Line 5-8
“Memory of old tombs,
Rotting flesh and worms do
Not convince me against
The challenge. “
It’s use Metaphore.
“old tombs, rotting flesh, and worms” are
metaphore. That she views life as a challenge, and
that she is not about to give up on it, no matter how
many times she has to face death.

12. “The years
And cold defeat live deep in
Lines along my face.
They dull my eyes, yet
I keep on dying,
Because I love to live.”
It’s use Personification.
The writer gives human qualities to “the years” and “cold
defeat” .”Lines along my face” She is an old woman, with
lines along her face. She is grateful for every day of her
life, and so she is willing to go through the pain and the
suffering because she loves life.

13. “Thank you.”