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LOVE. An in-depth analysis. Tanka. A Japanese poetic form with 5 unrhymed lines Exactly 31 syllables 5 syllables in lines 1 and 3 7 in lines 2, 4, and 5 Evokes a single image. Three Japanese Tanka by Ono Kamachi Page 686. Author’s Background - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
LOVEAn in-depth analysis
Tanka A Japanese poetic form with
5 unrhymed linesExactly 31 syllables
5 syllables in lines 1 and 37 in lines 2, 4, and 5 Evokes a single image
Three Japanese Tankaby Ono Kamachi
Page 686
Author’s Background Translated into English (syllable variation) Italics Regret?
Your Task Write a Tanka in correct form over one of
the following topics. You must convey a single image. Friendship Adolescence Nature
Sonnet English sonnet also known as
Shakespearean sonnet 14 lines 3 quatrains Rhymes Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG 10 syllables /line (iambic pentameter)
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?By William Shakespeare
Page 691
Author’s Background Author’s Purpose Comparison? Is this a love poem?
Your Task Find an example of the following:
Personification Assonance Repetition Alliteration Logical structure of argument Inverted language Unusual language and vocabulary
Lyric Expresses a speaker’s emotions or
thoughts Short and musical Based on strong emotion
Heart! We Will Forget Him!By Emily Dickinson
Page 697
Author’s Background Mood Tone Heart vs. Brain Personification Word Choice
Your Task Parody: a humorous imitation of a serious
piece of literature Write a parody of Heart! We Will Forget
Him!
Metaphor A surprising comparison
Can be direct or indirect
since feeling is firstBy E.E. Cummings
page 702
Author’s Background Grammar as a metaphor Syntax Punctuation
Your Task Create a two-column chart to track the
contrast between order and emotion Cummings ignores the rules of grammar
and punctuation Put them back in—what is the effect on the
poem?
Simile Comparison using “like” or “as”
Can be extended over multiple lines
The TaxiBy Amy Lowell
Page 708
Author’s Background Mood of the poem? Diction to support the mood?
Your Task Re-write the poem to create the opposite
mood Maintain the use of simile
Ballad Tells a story Uses rhythm, rhymes, and repetition Refrain
Bonny Barbara AllanBy Anonymous
Page 722
Folk Ballad Purpose of the refrain What details are left out?
Your Task This ballad is filled with the formal diction
characteristic of the time period of the poem.
Re-write two of the stanzas updating the language with more modern expressions.