Poetry Introduction

September 29, 2009

Today

1. Housekeeping2. Poetry introduction3. Today’s poems

1. “My Papa’s Waltz”2. “Do Not Go Gentle”3. “Those Winter Sundays”4. “Digging”

4. Essay preparation

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What is Poetry?

How do you know you are dealing with a poem?

Poetry

Close-reading/explication Context Comparisons

Poetry

Narrative Tells a story:

Epic Ballad

Lyric Tells about speaker’s mood, feelings, state of

mind: Elegy Ode Occasional Pastoral Dramatic Monologue

Typical Themes

Theme: main point or main idea (different than subject)

Found through identifying parts of poem Voice Diction Imagery Figures of speech Sound Form Symbol, allegory, allusion, myth Theme

Looking at a Poem

“She Walks in Beauty” (827) Stanza Alliteration Simile Metaphor Rhyme Metre Imagery

Scansion

Metre Stressed and unstressed Feet comprised of stressed/unstressed

syllable groupings “I didn’t steal the keys from the counter.”

Scansion

Feet: Basic unit of measurement Iamb: My heart is like a singing bird Trochee: We were very tired, we were very

merry Anapest: There are many who say that a

dog has his day Dactyl: Take her up tenderly Spondee: Smart lad Pyrrhic: (illegitimate)

Scansion

Metrical line has certain number of feet Feet make up a metrical line

Metrical Lines

Monometer Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Pentameter Hexameter Heptameter Octameter

“My Papa’s Waltz”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ek3eCbfqp0&feature=related

“My Papa’s Waltz”

Form Iambic trimeter Four stanzas

“My Papa’s Waltz” (570)

What is the waltz?

“Do Not Go Gentle” (571)

Is the father dead yet? How do you know?

What is the difference of all four types of men?

Why wait until the last line to mention father?

Name the main metaphor in the poem.

“Those Winter Sundays” (573)

“Digging” (574)

Essay #1

Due: Tuesday, October 6

Weight: 20%

No summarizing of story

The Perfect Paragraph

Topic Sentence

Topic Sentence

Point #3

Point #3

Point #2

Point #2

Point #1

Point #1

Concluding Sentence to Summarize and

Transition

Concluding Sentence to Summarize and

Transition

Essay Preparation:Quote Integration Frame all quotes with your own writing Spend as much time or more explaining

each quote as the quote is long Change tense or pronouns from original

that do not mesh with your own framing text

Only put a comma before the quote if it could be replaced with the word “that”

Quote Integration The article was about the gender

differences in garage sale sellers and buyers.

The author discussed how female buyers differ from male buyers.

Quote Integration

The article begins with a quote from Lisa McFarren who states that, “I’ve known many men to have a garage sale.”

The author explicitly states that his “field research indicates there is indeed a division of labour.”

Quote Integration

Spend as much space discussing the direct quotation as is the length of the quote.

Quote too long? Summarise Paraphrase, or Use ellipses.