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Poetry Terms and TPCASTT
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T -- Title
Ponder the title before reading the poem
Look at the title and attempt to predict what the poem will be about. If no title is provided, use the first line of the poem.
Using the sample in front of you, let’s do this step now.
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P -- Paraphrase
Translate the poem into your own words
Make sure you understand the literal plot of the poem.
Write notes in the margin beside each major section of the poem so you can review these later
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speaker/pe
rsona•the
perspective from which a literary work is written or told
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P -- Paraphrase
When you paraphrase, it’s important to not only consider the persona/speaker, but also the audience, and the basic conflict.
Try doing a line by line paraphrase of the sample poem you have.
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C -- Connotation
Contemplate the poem for meaning beyond the literal level
Look for any and all poetic devices and try to see how those devices contribute to the meaning, the effect or both of the poem
Analyze your sample poem now as we discuss specific devices . Circle these devices and make margin notes about their meanings.
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Figurative Language Devices
The figurative language devices contribute to the imagery in poetry
and other genres.
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simile•comparing
two objects using like or as
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metapho
r•speaking of one things as if it were something else
•“She’s a brick house.”
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personification•giving nonhuman objects
human characteristicsMaybe if guys were like the magic carpet they would have to spit their game so hard to get a girl.
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hyperbole•an obvious exaggeration for
the sake of emphasis, not to be take literally
“I was hopping mad!”
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Sound DevicesThe sound devices contribute to the
musical/lyrical qualities of poetry
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alliteration•the repetition of a
consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words in a line of verse
She sells sea shells by the seashore…
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onomatopoeia
•the use of a word to represent or imitate nature sounds, i.e. buzz, crunch, tinkle
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A -- Attitude
Observe both the speaker’s attitude and the poet’s attitude (this may or may not be clear)
This, of course, is TONE.
Remember that these attitudes will probably shift or be mixed in the poem. Label all you see, especially if you see a shift.
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tone•The attitude a
writer takes toward a reader, the subject or a character
What might the tone be in a game after a few shot’s like this? When you’ve been losing to your friend for the past two hours?
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TONE=DIDLS
D=Diction
I=Imagery
D=Details
L=Language
S=Syntax or sentence structure
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diction•the author’s
word choice in a literary work
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imagery
•Imagery involves one or more of your five senses (hearing, taste, touch, smell, sight). An author uses a word or phrase to stimulate your memory of those senses
Like When you watch the food network channel, when you’re hungry…
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Details•Details involves not only what you’re told, but also what you’re not told
•What does the poet choose to tell you and what does he choose to leave out?
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LANGUAGE: Literal Meaning
vs. Figurative Meanings•Literal meanings refer to the actual meanings of words or images; realism.
•Figurative meanings refer to something more than the literal meanings (subtext) of words or images; imagination.
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Literal Meaning vs. Figurative Meanings
Which one are they talking about?
She’s a “brick house.”
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DenotationDictionary definition of a word
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Connotation
•The understood meaning of word, including the emotional associations attached to the word- (ex. Hot- like attractive)
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syntax•the
pattern or arrangement of words in a statement
Even big corporations like Target use this poetic device!
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S – Structure and Shift
Identify the structure of the poem (how it is divided, etc.)
Note shifts in speakers or attitudes. Look for transition words to indicate these shifts.
Are there any shifts in the poem before you?
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rhyme
•the repetition of sounds at the ends of words; words containing the same vowel sounds in the accented syllable
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rhyme
scheme
• pattern of rhyming words, usually denoted with letters
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internal rhyme
•rhyming words that fall within a line of poetry
Look at the following excerpt from “The Raven”
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end rhyme
•rhyming words that are repeated at the end of lines
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slant rhyme•A partial or imperfect
rhyme, often using assonance or consonance only. Also called half rhyme, near rhyme, oblique rhyme and off rhyme.
see example on next slide
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Slant rhymes do not have to be spelled in different ways. Examples: how, row / lovely, funny.
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stanzas•Poems are usually written in segments much like the paragraphs of a story or essay. These segments in poems are called stanzas, a group of lines, usually four or more, arranged in a fixed pattern.
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stanza forms• a. couplet-two lines of verse that
rhyme (aa)• b. triplet or tercet-a three-line
stanza or three lines of verse within a larger unit that usually rhyme (aaa)
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stanza forms, continued
•c. quatrain-a four-line stanza•d. quintet (cinquain)-a five-line
stanza•e. sestet-a six-line stanza•f. septet or hepastitch-a seven-line
stanza•g. octave-an eight line stanza
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forms of poetryPoems come in a variety of types
or forms. We will study some of the traditional forms of poetry
as well as some that are outside the scope of tradition.
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rhymed verse
•verse with end rhyme and usually a regular meter (beat)
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unrhymed verse
• verse with end rhyme and usually a regular meter (beat)
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fixed pattern or fixed form or closed form a kind of template or formula that
poetry can be formed in
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haiku•a traditional
Japanese three-line poem containing five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five again in the third.
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ballad•a simple
narrative poem in four-line stanzas, usually meant to be sung and usually rhyming abab
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sonnet•a fourteen-line poem, usually in
iambic pentameter, that follows one of a number of different rhyme schemes
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epic•a long story, often told in verse,
involving heroes and gods and providing a portrait of an entire culture, as well as the legends, beliefs, values, laws, arts, and ways of life of a people.
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lyric•a highly musical verse that expresses
the emotions of a speaker
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narrative•a verse that tells a story
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free verse•lines of verse that do not have a
regular meter and that do not rhyme
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meter•the pattern of stressed and
unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry.
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meter, continuedThe stressed syllable is called the accented or long syllable and is marked with an accent mark ‘ when scanned. The unstressed syllable is also called the unaccented or short syllable and is marked with a u shaped mark when scanned.
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Blank VerseA type of poetry with a definite meter
(rhythm) but no rhyme scheme
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SHIFTSRarely does a poet begin and end the same way. Identify places in the poem where shifts occur in the speaker or the tone, etc.
Shifts can be indicated by certain words (but, yet, however, still, etc.), changes in diction, changes in tone, changes in structure, etc.
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T – Title (again)
Re-examine the title. Try to see how the title fits with the work as a whole.
This time, you are interpreting the title, not just predicting or looking at it literally.
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T -- ThemeDetermine what the poet is saying
THIS IS NOT THE MORAL OF THE POEM
Identify the theme by recognizing the human experience, motivation, or condition of the poem.
“___________,” a poem by ________is about __________ and reveals that _____________________________________________________.
One work may have several possible themes
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theme•Themes often
explore timeless and universal ideas and may be implied rather than stated explicitly
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