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3. Personification: Giving life-like qualities to an inanimate object
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“Because I Could Not Stop For Death”
by Emily Dickinson:Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –
We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –
What is personified in this poem? Why do you suppose the poet chose to use personification in this way?
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Practice Personification
Practice using personification by completing the sentences below.
-The shadow
-The car
-The scarf
-The blanket
-The tree
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Hyperbole: (sounds like hy-per-ba-lee)This is an exaggeration that is not intended to deceive, but used for emphasis.
Example:
“I’ve told you a million times not to shoot fireworks in the house!”
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Poetry Analysis“Mother to Son”
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“Mother to Son”
• Read through the poem on your own a few times.
• Think about the terms we’ve talked about in class to make sense of the poem.
• Answer the questions in pen using MLA format.
This is a formative assessment.
You will be asked to analyze a poem on your test on Thursday and again on the exam.
Theme – the underlining message of the poem
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2. Imagery
There are three categories of imagery:
A. Sensuous Imagery
B. Figurative Imagery
C. Symbolic Imagery
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Symbolic Imagery: Using symbols to enhance the poem or to convey the poet’s thoughts in a more interesting way.
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“The Road Not Taken”
by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.
What is the symbol Frost uses in his poem? What does it symbolize or represent?
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Symbolism: When a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning itself also stands for something else.
Common symbols in literature:
Spring – New life/hope
Crown – Power
Rose – beauty
Mountains – Obstacle/challenge
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Poet’s Tools
A poet’s tools are:
1. Word Choice
2. Imagery
3. Sound Devices
4. Formal Devices (Structure and Rhythm)
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3. Sound devices
Another set of tools available to the poet are sound devices. Sound devices help bring out the musical qualities of lyric poems.
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Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant or vowel sounds in a line of poetry.
Example:
“Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers”
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The peppy puppy the prince presented the princess
produced piles of poop in the palace.
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Create alliterative sentences (aka tongue twisters) with a partner.
Practice Alliteration
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Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate the sound they represent.
Examples:
“oink”, “bark”, “ring”, “meow”, “clang”, “bang”
How many more examples can you add to this list?