Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The...
-
Upload
abraham-morgan -
Category
Documents
-
view
213 -
download
0
Transcript of Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The...
![Page 1: Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet O A poem that tells a story.](https://reader030.fdocuments.in/reader030/viewer/2022032702/56649cee5503460f949bbd9c/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Poetry “Wheel”
![Page 2: Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet O A poem that tells a story.](https://reader030.fdocuments.in/reader030/viewer/2022032702/56649cee5503460f949bbd9c/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Notes before we begin:O Refer to any author by his or her last
nameO The speaker isn’t necessarily the
poetO A poem that tells a story is a
“narrative poem”
![Page 3: Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet O A poem that tells a story.](https://reader030.fdocuments.in/reader030/viewer/2022032702/56649cee5503460f949bbd9c/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Content
![Page 4: Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet O A poem that tells a story.](https://reader030.fdocuments.in/reader030/viewer/2022032702/56649cee5503460f949bbd9c/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Style
![Page 5: Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet O A poem that tells a story.](https://reader030.fdocuments.in/reader030/viewer/2022032702/56649cee5503460f949bbd9c/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
The “wheel”Title
ThemeContext
Speaker/PoVAudience
Diction
Form/Structure
Syntax ImageryFigurative Lang.
Symbolism
Sound IronyAllusion
Tone
![Page 6: Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet O A poem that tells a story.](https://reader030.fdocuments.in/reader030/viewer/2022032702/56649cee5503460f949bbd9c/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Title/Theme/ContextO Title - Literal or symbolic? Suggested
meanings? Length, punctuation, capitalizationO Theme
O How not to state a theme:O “The theme of this poem deals with a character
who is destroyed by money.”O “This poem is about human desires.”
O How to state a theme:O “Vice seems more interesting than virtue but
turns out to be destructive.” O “the vanity of human desires”
O ContextO Relevance of context? Effect on theme?O Effect on conventions of genre? (i.e.
Shakespeare didn’t write in free verse)
![Page 7: Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet O A poem that tells a story.](https://reader030.fdocuments.in/reader030/viewer/2022032702/56649cee5503460f949bbd9c/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Speaker/PoV and Audience
O The poet or a specific persona?O PoV?O What assumptions can you make
about the speaker? O age, gender, class, emotional state,
etc.O Relevant to poem’s content?O Identified audience?O Language influenced by audience?
![Page 8: Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet O A poem that tells a story.](https://reader030.fdocuments.in/reader030/viewer/2022032702/56649cee5503460f949bbd9c/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
DictionO Classify and explain:
O denotative vs. connotative (dead vs. passed away)
O concrete vs. abstract O monosyllabic vs. polysyllabicO positive vs. negative (slender vs. skinny,
determined vs. stubborn)O colloquial (dialect) / informal / formalO cacophonous vs. euphonious
O Repeated words?
![Page 9: Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet O A poem that tells a story.](https://reader030.fdocuments.in/reader030/viewer/2022032702/56649cee5503460f949bbd9c/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Form/StructureO form correspond to theme?O follow a formal poetic structure (i.e.
sonnet, haiku, blues poem, etc.)? O If so, what are the characteristics of that
form? How does it deviate from that form?O divided into stanzas? any reason stanza
breaks?O stanzas and lines consistently the same
length? follow a particular pattern? any stanzas, lines, or words that diverge from the pattern?
![Page 10: Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet O A poem that tells a story.](https://reader030.fdocuments.in/reader030/viewer/2022032702/56649cee5503460f949bbd9c/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
SyntaxO Enjambment or end-stopped lines? Effects of
this?O Caesura? Effects?O Use of punctuation – effects on pacing?O Uncommon fonts? Bolded? Italicized? Why?O Active or passive sentences? O Consistent verb tense?O complete sentences, fragments, or
combination of both? pattern? O word order natural or grammatically
irregular?
![Page 11: Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet O A poem that tells a story.](https://reader030.fdocuments.in/reader030/viewer/2022032702/56649cee5503460f949bbd9c/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
ImageryO literal or figurative? abstract or
concrete? sensory experiences evoked? repeated images?
O Figurative Language O simile, metaphor, personification,
hyperbole, metonymy, synecdoche, understatement
O comparisons express images or abstract ideas?
O effect on tone and theme?O Symbolism? recurring?
![Page 12: Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet O A poem that tells a story.](https://reader030.fdocuments.in/reader030/viewer/2022032702/56649cee5503460f949bbd9c/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
SoundO Identifiable rhythm? Syllables in
each line? Pattern? Stressed or unstressed syllables?
O Alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia? How do these enhance rhythm and musicality?
O Identifiable rhyme scheme? Results?O Consistent or inconsistent?O What kind (exact, etc.)? Effects?
![Page 13: Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet O A poem that tells a story.](https://reader030.fdocuments.in/reader030/viewer/2022032702/56649cee5503460f949bbd9c/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Irony/AllusionO Irony
O Does irony reveal or hide anything?O Paradox? Oxymoron? (insert “you’re
an oxymoron” joke here)O Allusion (You absolutely need to
know these before the IOC! Maybe a surprise quiz (that was just announced in advance)?)O Are there any? What are they?
Effects?O Similarity of reference? Effects?
![Page 14: Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin: O Refer to any author by his or her last name O The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet O A poem that tells a story.](https://reader030.fdocuments.in/reader030/viewer/2022032702/56649cee5503460f949bbd9c/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
ToneO Is the tone positive or negative?
What are the words that describe it most accurately?
O Does the tone change as the poem progresses? Is it consistent at the beginning and ending of the poem?
O How do literary devices influence tone?