Walt WhitmanEmily Dickinson

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

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What are the characteristics of subgenres (e.g., satire, parody, allegory, pastoral) that are used in poetry, prose, plays, novels, short stories, essays, and other basic genres?

How do poets use imagery, personification, figures of speech, and sounds to evoke readers’ emotions?

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

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Rhyme: When two words sound exactly the same. • Example: door and more

Slant Rhyme: When two words sound similar but not exactly the same.

• Example: society and majority. Personification: when nonhuman

things get human characteristics. • Example: Heart we will forget.

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

emotions.

Imagery: When words appeal to the five senses.

Figure of speech: poetic language that often exaggerates the truth to play with language. • Example: It’s raining cats and dogs, Don’t

beat around the bush, I’m going to kill you. Cadence: The musical sound of the

poem

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

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Narrative poetryDramatic poetryLyric poetryMeterStanzaRhyme

AlliterationConsonanceAssonanceOnomatopoeiaPersonificationOxymoronCatelogue

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1819-1892 Wrote “with bold

strokes on a large canvas”

Sociable, loved to travel

Public spokesman of the masses.

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

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•One of the great American poets•Loved America and the power democracy gave its people

•Believed that everything and everyone was connected

•He revolutionized American poetry with his sprawling lines, American slang, and free verse structure

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Why does the speaker say that each person’s singing “should be blithe (merry) and strong”?

Elliptical constructions: Sentences with words left out so that the meaning can be inferred from nearby sentences with a similar structure.

What is the meaning of “The day what belongs to the day.”

This whole poem can be viewed as a catalog; what is Whitman using the catalog to celebrate?

What is the mood of this poem? What makes it that way?

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

emotions.

This whole poem can be viewed as a catalog; what is Whitman using the catalog to celebrate?

What is the mood of this poem? What makes it that way?

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

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1830-1886 Minimalist writer Quiet and shy Homebody Did not expect

anyone to read her poetry

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1. Pay attention to the dashes (-). Dickinson used dashes more often than any punctuation, and their placement is important. Often, a dash indicates a pause, a shift in thought or an addition or aside

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

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1. Pay attention to the capitalization. Dickinson capitalized for emphasis, often giving a weighty, physical element to otherwise abstract ideas.

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

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1. Look for the special 'moments'. Many of her poems are 'in the moment' poems where she will make an extreme argument that seems completely true at the time she is feeling it but doesn't seem to stand on its own once she has moved on.

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Whitman: Extravagant with

words repetition, and self-contradiction

Long lists, tried to include everything

Based upon cadence

Free verse poems

Dickinson: Precise with words Looked for “one

right phrase” Neat stanzas,

controlled rhyme and meter

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

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SOAPSTone TPCASTT

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O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done,The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won,The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;But O heart! heart! heart!O the bleeding drops of red,Where on the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;Rise up--for you the flag is flung for you the bugle trills,For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths for you the shores a-crowding,For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;Here Captain! dear father!This arm beneath your head!It is some dream that on the deck,You've fallen cold and dead.

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

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My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;Exult O shores, and ring O bells!But I, with mournful tread,Walk the deck my Captain lies,Fallen cold and dead.

Create a TPCASTT for Walt Whitman’s “O Captain, My Captain” with members of your table groups.

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Who is the Speaker?The voice that tells the story.

Before students begin to write, they must decide whose voice is going to be heard. Whether this voice belongs to a fictional character or to the writers themselves, students should determine how to insert and develop those attributes of the speaker that will influence the perceived meaning of the piece.

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

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What is the Occasion?The time and the place of the piece; the context that prompted the writing. Writing does not occur in a vacuum. All writers are influenced by the larger occasion: an environment of ideas, attitudes, and emotions that swirl around a broad issue. Then there is the immediate occasion: an event or situation that catches the writer's attention and triggers a response.

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

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Who is the Audience? The group of readers to whom this piece is directed.

As they begin to write, students must determine who the audience is that they intend to address. It may be one person or a specific group. This choice of audience will affect how and why students write a particular text.

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

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What is the Purpose?The reason behind the text.

Students need to consider the purpose of the text in order to develop the thesis or the argument and its logic. They should ask themselves, "What do I want my audience to think or do as a result of reading my text?"

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

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What is the Subject? Students should be able to state the subject in a few words or phrases.

This step helps them to focus on the intended task throughout the writing process.

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What is the Tone?The attitude of the author.

The spoken word can convey the speaker's attitude and thus help to impart meaning through tone of voice. With the written word, it is tone that extends meaning beyond the literal, and students must learn to convey this tone in their diction (choice of words), syntax (sentence construction), and imagery (metaphors, similes, and other types of figurative language). The ability to manage tone is one of the best indicators of a sophisticated writer.

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Tell all the Truth but tell it slant---Success in Circuit liesToo bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth's superb surpriseAs Lightening to the Children easedWith explanation kindThe Truth must dazzle graduallyOr every man be blind---

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Apparently with no surprise,To any happy flower, The frost beheads it at its play,In accidental power.The blond assassin passes on.The sun proceeds unmoved,To measure off another day,For an approving God.

LRA 3.1 Analyze chracteristics of subgenres. LRA 3.4 Poet's use of style to evoke readers'

emotions.