The document contains the title of three songs followed by the artist name and date. It then lists the subject headings "Linguistics", "Poetic Devices", and "Literary Analysis" followed by brief instructions or questions related to analyzing poems.

1. Julieta Venegas – A Tu Lado
Eres Para Mi
Me Voy
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Poetic Devices Literary Analysis
1. Copy down the Analyze the poem on the
following poetic following slide. What
techniques and their emotion or message is
definitions. the poet trying to
internal rhyme: rhyme that convey?
occurs in the middle of the
line. Can you relate to this?
alliteration - repetition of
consonant sounds in a line
Explain
assonance - repetition of vowel
sounds

2. “Sometimes I Cry”
- Tupac Shakur
Sometimes when I’m alone
I cry because I’m on my own.
The tears I cry are bitter and warm
They flow with life but take no form
I cry because my heart is torn
and I find it difficult to carry on
If I had an ear to confide in
I would cry among my treasured friends
But who do you know that stops that long
to help another carry on
The world moves fast and it would rather pass you by
than to stop and see what makes you cry
It’s painful and sad and sometimes I cry
and no one cares about why.

3. Mika – Lollipop
Relax, Take it Easy
Love Today
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Poetic Devices Literary Analysis
2. NONE (QUIZ)
Analyze the poem on the
following slide. What
specific images do you
conjure up in your mind
while reading the poem?

4. “Saturday At The Canal”
- Gary Soto
I was hoping to be happy by seventeen.
School was a sharp check mark in the roll book,
An obnoxious tuba playing at noon because our team
Was going to win at night. The teachers were
Too close to dying to understand. The hallways
Stank of poor grades and unwashed hair. Thus,
A friend and I sat watching the water on Saturday,
Neither of us talking much, just warming ourselves
By hurling large rocks at the dusty ground
And feeling awful because San Francisco was a postcard
On a bedroom wall. We wanted to go there,
Hitchhike under the last migrating birds
And be with people who knew more than three chords
On a guitar. We didn't drink or smoke,
But our hair was shoulder length, wild when
The wind picked up and the shadows of
This loneliness gripped loose dirt. By bus or car,
By the sway of train over a long bridge,
We wanted to get out. The years froze
As we sat on the bank. Our eyes followed the water,
White-tipped but dark underneath, racing out of town.

5. Brian Adams – When You Love Someone
Summer of ‘69
We’re in Heaven
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Poetic Devices Poetry
3. Read the poem on the
following slide, and write
down all the poetic devices Analyze the poem on the
that are used. following slide. What
does the mask in the
poem symbolize?
Poetic device: ___________
Poetic device: ___________
Poetic device: ___________
Poetic device: ____________

6. “We Wear the Mask”
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,--
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be overwise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!