1 / 10

Reading Lines, Person in the Poem, and Irony

Reading Lines, Person in the Poem, and Irony. Dr. Jane Olmsted Introduction to Literature. Reading Lines of Poetry. Stanzas Line breaks End-stop lines Enjambment. Person in the Poem. Persona—the character or “voice” that the poet adopts, a mask Is the “I” the same as the poet?. Irony.

lev
Download Presentation

Reading Lines, Person in the Poem, and Irony

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Reading Lines, Person in the Poem, and Irony Dr. Jane Olmsted Introduction to Literature

  2. Reading Lines of Poetry • Stanzas • Line breaks • End-stop lines • Enjambment

  3. Person in the Poem • Persona—the character or “voice” that the poet adopts, a mask • Is the “I” the same as the poet?

  4. Irony • Verbal (irony vs. sarcasm) • Dramatic • Ironic point of view • Cosmic

More Related