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This document provides instructions for how to study a poem in 6 steps: 1. Read the poem to understand the general meaning and find an audio or video version. 2. Research the poet's life, time period, and writing style using online sources. 3. Look up unfamiliar words in a dictionary to understand denotations. 4. Re-read the poem and analyze connotations and symbolism of words. 5. Identify the major and minor themes discussed in the poem. 6. Examine the technical and stylistic aspects like techniques, figures of speech.
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This document provides an overview of poetry, including its definition, key elements, and various poetic forms. It begins by defining poetry as a type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm, often employing rhyme and meter. The document then discusses the main structural elements of poetry, such as lines, stanzas, and punctuation. It also covers sound elements like rhythm, meter, rhyme schemes, and figures of speech. Additionally, the document outlines poetic imagery, forms, and compares poetry to elements of fiction. It concludes by highlighting the importance and examples of poetry in literature and popular culture.
Petite poetry unit
The document provides an overview of a poetry unit for students. It includes discussions of poetry features, different types of poems like sonnets and haiku, and literary devices like metaphor and simile. Students analyze poems like "How to Eat a Poem" which uses a food metaphor to represent reading poetry, and "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" by Emily Dickinson which compares being a nobody to a frog. The unit aims to help students understand and appreciate different aspects of poetry.
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The document provides biographical details about the life of British poet Philip Larkin, including that he was born in 1922 in Coventry, England, attended Oxford University where he studied English and became friends with fellow author Kingsley Amis, and had a successful career as a poet and writer while also holding several prestigious posts before passing away from cancer in 1985 at the age of 63.
Detailed lesson plan - Crossing the Bar - giocosovivace
This document outlines a lesson plan for teaching about allegory using the poem "Crossing the Bar" by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The plan includes objectives to define allegory, create an original allegory, and develop social skills. It provides context on the poem and outlines teacher and student activities such as reading the poem aloud, analyzing its literal and symbolic meanings line by line, creating allegories in groups, and answering review questions. The lesson aims to teach students to distinguish literal from symbolic interpretations in allegorical works.
An introduction to poetry terms and types
This document provides an introduction to poetry including definitions, types, terms, and examples. It can be summarized in 3 sentences:
Poetry is defined as a creative use of words intended to stir emotion, and it can take various forms including lyric, narrative, and dramatic poetry. Common poetic devices are discussed such as figurative language, rhyme, meter, and imagery. Examples are also provided of different types of poems and how certain terms and techniques are used.
Tennyson the lotus-eaters
The sailors encounter the Lotus-eaters, a people who feed on the lotus plant. The lotus fruit causes those who eat it to forget their homeland and desire only to remain with the Lotus-eaters. Three of the sailors are sent as envoys and eat the lotus, losing their will to return. Odysseus drags them onto the ships and has his men embark to leave, worried others may eat the lotus and forget their journey home.
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Literature is defined as preserved writings belonging to a given language or people that are notable for their literary form or expression. It consists of works that interpret the meanings of nature and life through language in an artistic form. Literature includes imaginative works that use fictional situations and characters as well as non-fiction works that present actual facts and ideas. Major literary genres include fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction works like essays and biographies. Poetry uses elements like rhythm, imagery, and form while fiction relies on elements such as plot, setting, characterization and point of view. Different literary types have distinct characteristics and serve different purposes for both authors and audiences.
literature-121118202327-phpapp01.pdf
Literature is defined as preserved writings belonging to a given language or people that are notable for their literary form or expression. It consists of works that interpret the meanings of nature and life through language in an artistic form. Literature includes imaginative works that use fictional situations and characters as well as non-fiction works that present actual facts and ideas. Some key forms of literature are poetry, fiction, drama, essays, and biographies. Poetry uses devices like rhythm, imagery, and figurative language. Fiction encompasses genres like novels and short stories. Literature is studied to understand human experiences, develop values, and appreciate beauty in language.
Humanities: POETRY
Poetry is the art of expressing thoughts in rhythmic and descriptive language. It can be analyzed by examining elements such as rhythm, rhyme, imagery, and form. Common poetic forms include sonnets, haiku, tanka, and concrete poetry which uses the poem's physical layout to convey meaning. Poets employ devices like simile, metaphor, and alliteration to craft vivid descriptions and invoke emotion in readers.
10.you cannot do_this
The poem confronts an unspecified "you" who is "hacking away a horizon" and threatening humanity. It serves as a record of the atrocity rather than art, suggesting widespread impacts from something that relates to aspects of life like horses, rings, and trophies. Through its defiant and confrontational tone set by the lack of capitalization and repetition, the poem refuses to remain silent about the unspecified threat.
The most Amazing English Story of all the time
This is one of the best story that you do not need to read at all. Don't waste your time reading stupid english literature. Try exploring your own culture and avoid this devoid of humanity culture. You know why I am writing this description. Just to fill out this description. So in order to increase my scores and your scores, oh not your scores, I am writing these things which doesn't even make sense. Does it make sense to you? Obviosly not at all. So don't waste your time reading this? Are you still reading this? Oh no, You are obsessed with my writing. You made me happy not at all. Since I don't want to waste your time. I am just writing a long description for my own gains and you are here wasting your precious time. May be it's not precious but at least it is valuable and shouldn't be wasted at all. You get it?
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The document summarizes 10 poems from English literature focusing on their themes, language, and structural features. Key details analyzed include metaphorical language in Ozymandias about a ruined statue, repetition of marks of weakness in London, personification of nature in The Prelude, and examination of power dynamics in My Last Duchess through rhetorical questions. Other poems discussed are Charge of the Light Brigade, Exposure, Storm on the Island, Bayonet Charge, and Checking Out Me History, analyzing their themes of war, identity, and history through literary devices like metaphor, rhyme, and dialect.
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How to study poetry
- 1. How to study poetry By Muthanna Makki University of Karbala'a English Department 1. Read the poem. Enjoy it! And familiarize yourself with the general meaning and atmosphere of the poem. Search for a recorded audio version of the poem on www.librevox.com Or search www.YouTube.com to find a video version.
- 2. 2. Search for information about the poet’s life and time period. Ask questions like: What life events helped shape the poet’s attitude? What are the main characteristics of his poetry in general? Does he follow a certain school of poetry? Use the Internet, Encarta Encyclopedia, Britannica...etc.
- 3. Ozymandias By Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveler from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert…… Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
- 4. 3. Use your dictionary to find out the meaning of difficult words (denotation): Traveler: Explorer Antique: Ancient Vast: Huge Trunkless: Having lost the upper part of the body Sunk: Disappear: Shattered: Devastated; destroyed Visage Face Now you know the general meaning of the poem.
- 5. 4. Read the poem a second reading trying to find out the suggestions and implications of the words (connotations). Pay attention to the symbolism of the words. Write down your ideas. This is called the detailed meaning of the poem.
- 6. 5. Theme(s): Write down the main idea(s) discussed in the poem (major and minor themes).
- 7. 6. Technical and stylistic aspects: Technique, figures of speech (metaphor, metonymy, personification, simile,...etc).