Starter: What are these symptoms of???

1. Poetry 11th January 2011 Starter: What are these symptoms of??? • Mania • Depression • Insomnia • Anorexia • Stress • Obsessive-compulsive disorder • Upset stomach • Lack of appetite • Dizziness • Confusion

2. Bob Dylan I'm walkin' through streets that are deadWalkin', walkin' with you in my headMy feet are so tiredMy brain is so wiredAnd the clouds are weepin'.Did I hear someone tell a lie?Did I hear someone's distant cry?I spoke like a childYou destroyed me with a smileWhile I was sleepin'.I'm sick of love that I'm in the thick of itThis kind of love, I'm so sick of it.I see, I see lovers in the meadowI see, I see silhouettes in the windowI'll watch them 'til they're goneAnd they leave me hangin' onTo a shadow. I see, I see lovers in the meadowI see, I see silhouettes in the windowI'll watch them 'til they're goneAnd they leave me hangin' onTo a shadow.I'm sick of love, I hear the clock tickThis kind of love, ah, I'm love sick.Sometimes the silence can be like thunderSometimes I wanna take to the road and plunderCould you ever be trueI think of youAnd I wonder.I'm sick of love, I wish I'd never met youI'm sick of love, I'm tryin' to forget you.Just don't know what to doI'd give anything toBe with you.

3. Symptomsby Sophie Hannah • Read the poem individually • Underline any words you don’t understand You mustbe able to show understanding of a poem through deconstruction You shouldbe able to analyse the effect of punctuation in the poem You couldevaluate the layers of meaning in the poem

4. Read through again as a class • List the symptoms of love listed in the poem and categorise in terms of physical, material, psychological etc. You mustbe able to show understanding of a poem through deconstruction You shouldbe able to analyse the effect of punctuation in the poem You couldevaluate the layers of meaning in the poem

5. How is punctuation used to structure the poem? You mustbe able to show understanding of a poem through deconstruction You shouldbe able to analyse the effect of punctuation in the poem You couldevaluate the layers of meaning in the poem

6. Effect of Punctuation “a pulse rate for the Guinness book of Records” You mustbe able to show understanding of a poem through deconstruction You shouldbe able to analyse the effect of punctuation in the poem You couldevaluate the layers of meaning in the poem

7. Effect of Punctuation Sophie Hannah uses lots of commas in the poem ‘Symptoms’. The effect this has is… You mustbe able to show understanding of a poem through deconstruction You shouldbe able to analyse the effect of punctuation in the poem You couldevaluate the layers of meaning in the poem

8. How can life be better than it was before? You mustbe able to show understanding of a poem through deconstruction You shouldbe able to analyse the effect of punctuation in the poem You couldevaluate the layers of meaning in the poem