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POETRY An Introduction

POETRY An Introduction. Be Prepared to Take Notes. WHY Do People Write Poems?. To share experiences To explore humanity To explore nature To understand themselves & their experiences. Like music, poetry is a way of expressing what it is to be human. To Understand Poetry….

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POETRY An Introduction

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  1. POETRYAn Introduction Be Prepared to Take Notes

  2. WHY Do People Write Poems? • To share experiences • To explore humanity • To explore nature • To understand themselves & their experiences Like music, poetry is a way of expressing what it is to be human.

  3. To Understand Poetry… • Know how to read it • Be able to think about why it was written and how it relates to you and your experiences • Understand how poets use figurative language to communicate

  4. Reading Poetry • Poetry should be read out loud – it needs to be heard. • Pay attention to the way the words are placed on the page – pause briefly at the end of each line as you would for a comma. • Listen for how the meaning of the poem is emphasized by how the poem sounds. • Listen for the mood and the tone. Adirondack Chair by Jacob Miller

  5. This Is Just to Say by William Carlos Williams -1962I have eatenthe plumsthat were inthe icebox and whichyou were probablysavingfor breakfast Forgive methey were deliciousso sweetand so cold http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcTfsG-k_58 Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost — Nature's first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold,Her early leaf's a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf,So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day;Nothing gold can stay. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViFvPETxQCY Think About Why Was It Written?

  6. Interpret the Figurative Language • How are the words appealing to the senses? • What comparisons are being made? • What can we learn by thinking about the way the senses are being invoked or by thinking about the comparisons?

  7. Practice For each type of figurative language: Read through the definition and the examples. Ask if you don’t understand. Read the poem provided a few times. Find an example or examples of the figurative language. Challenge yourself to Think about the effect of using this figurative language Find examples of other types of figurative language in the poem

  8. Adirondack Chair – Word Solve

  9. Adirondack Chairby Jacob Miller The four-legged beastsquats, stationary.Its back, arched toward heaven,invites me.I stalk itthen dropinto its rough, comforting embraceand let myself betaken. Interpret Figurative Language

  10. Here’s what it looks like, now let’s go back to the poem. Focus: Meaning, emphasis, effect

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