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Introduction: Poems are craftily written. Most poems on the surface are full of rhyme, meter, and alliteration, but there is more to a poem than what meets the eye. Analysis of poetry can decipher the hidden meaning behind the word structure.
Task: After learning about poem analysis, you will search for and analyze a poem of choice.
Process: Section 1: Identifying Poetic Devices Read the Article “Poetic Devices.” When you are finished, go to the poetry board on Pinterest and complete one poetry devise project. Afterwards, use your project to identify all poetic devises in the poem below.
Across the Bay
By Donald Davie
A queer thing about those waters: there are no
Birds there, or hardly any.
I did not miss them, I do not remember
Missing them, or thinking it uncanny.
The beach so-called was a blinding splinter of limestone,
A quarry outraged by hulls.
We took pleasure in that: the emptiness, the hardness
Of the light, the silence, and the water’s stillness.
But this was the setting for one of our murderous scenes.
This hurt, and goes on hurting:
The venomous soft jelly, the undersides.
We could stand the world if it were hard all over.
Donald Davie, "Across the Bay" from Selected Poems.Copyright © 1985 by Donald Davie. Reprinted by
permission of Carcanet Press, Ltd.
Source: Selected Poems (Carcanet Press Ltd, 1985)
Section 2:Poetic Tone Listen to poems performed. List at least 3 poems that you listened to and reflect (one paragraph) on how the diction of the poems create mood in the poem.
Section 3: Underlying Meanings
Read “Solace” by Dorothy Parker. Read this example of a Poetic Analysis. Keep this information in mind when completing the evaluation portion. Evaluation: Pick two poems from Poetry Out Loud. Each poem must have at least three stanzas, but no more than five. Write a one page poetic analysis for each poem. Use the format given in the Poetic Analysis example under section 3. Also, reflect on your analysis to perform your poems. Create a Voki and call to record the poems in your voice.
Rubric: Score/Section
3 2 1 0
Section 1
At least 80 % of poetic
devises used are listed.
Specific terminology
from resource was
used.
At least 50% of poetic
devises used are listed.
Some terminology
from the resource was
used.
Some poetic devises
are listed.
Terminology used was
not found in the
resource.
The individual
did not submit
this section.
Section 2
Three poems are listed
and reflection alludes
to at least one of the
selected poems in
detail. Paragraph is the
proper length and is
well organized.
Three poems are listed
and reflection is vague
on details. Paragraph
is the proper length
and is well organized.
Three poems are not
listed and reflection is
vague on details.
Paragraph is somewhat
organized and is the
proper length.
The individual
did not submit
this section
Evaluation
Poems are clearly
defined. Analysis
reflects knowledge of
information in the
process sections.
Paragraphs are the
proper length and the
paper is well
Poems are clearly
defined and analysis
sometimes reflects
knowledge of
information in the
process sections.
Paragraphs are the
proper length and the
Poems are not clearly
defined and analysis
reflects no knowledge
of information in the
process sections.
Paragraphs are not the
proper length and the
paper is not organized.
The individual
did not submit
this section
organized. paper is somewhat
organized.