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Page 1: POETRY T.I.M.E. Introduction to Poetry Analysis€¦ · by Emily Dickinson I’m nobody. Who are you? Are you nobody too? Then there’s the pair of us. Don’t tell. They’ll banish

POETRY T.I.M.E. Introduction to Poetry Analysis

Anna J. Small Roseboro

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Oh no! Not POETRY!

DEFINITION

SAMPLE LESSON

EXPERIMENT

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Oh no! Not POETRY!

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FRUSTRATION !

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FRUSTRATION!

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Do you give up on Poetry?

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Do you wonder --

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How can I do this!?!?

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I HAVE A IDEA

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Lesson DEFINITION OF POETRY

Learn the T.I.M.E. Strategy

Use the T.I.M.E. analysis

to Understand a Poem

to Write an Essay

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Poetry is literature designed to convey a vivid and

imaginative sense of experience,

especially by the use of condensed

language chosen for its sound and

suggestive power, as well as for its

meaning and by the use of such literary

techniques as structured meter, natural

cadences, rhyme or metaphor.

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Poetry is literature designed to convey a vivid and

imaginative sense of experience,

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Poetry is literature designed to convey a vivid and

imaginative sense of experience,

especially by the use of condensed

language chosen for its sound

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Poetry is literature designed to convey a vivid and

imaginative sense of experience,

especially by the use of condensed

language chosen for its sound and

suggestive power,

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Poetry is literature designed to convey a vivid and

imaginative sense of experience,

especially by the use of condensed

language chosen for its sound and

suggestive power, as well as for its

meaning

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and by the use of such literary

techniques as structured meter, natural

cadences, rhyme or metaphor.

Poetry is literature designed to convey a vivid and

imaginative sense of experience,

especially by the use of condensed

language chosen for its sound and

suggestive power, as well as for its

meaning

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Learn to tell the T.I.M.E.

You’ll have a

key that can be used on any poetry assignment.

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Read poem, “Unfolding Bud," THREE times.

1. READ silently. On your own paper, write words or phrases that puzzle or appeal to you.

2. Next, read out loud stopping at the end of each line.

3. Then, read out loud, stopping, this time, at marks of punctuation.

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“The Unfolding Bud” by Naoshi Koriyama

One is amazed

By a water-lily bud

Unfolding

With each passing day,

Taking on a richer color

And new dimensions

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One is not amazed,

At first glance,

By a poem,

Which is a tight-closed

As a tiny bud,

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Yet one is surprised

To see the poem

Gradually unfolding,

Revealing its rich inner self

As one read it

Again

And over again.

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Poems meant to be understood

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The Speaker and Audience In a couple sentences, write what you think the poem.

“Unfolding Bud” is saying.

If this poem were a part of a play, who could be the person speaking it?

To whom could the person be speaking?

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The speaker?

WHAT CLUES

FROM THE POEM?

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The Audience?

A special person?

A special kind of person?

A group of people?

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Here’s another way to SEE poetry. Tell the T.I.M.E.

Time? What’s that?

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T.I.M.E. MNEMONIC

T = The Title, Thought, Theme

I = Imagery

M = Music

E = Emotion

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The T of T.I.M.E.

The Title

The Thought

The Theme

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TITLE, THOUGHT,

THEME

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“The Unfolding Bud” by Naoshi Koriyama

One is amazed

By a water-lily bud

Unfolding

With each passing day,

Taking on a richer color

And new dimensions

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One is not amazed,

At first glance,

By a poem,

Which is a tight-closed

As a tiny bud,

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Yet one is surprised

To see the poem

Gradually unfolding,

Revealing its rich inner self

As one read it

Again

And over again.

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I = IMAGERY

Poets use

WORDS TO PAINT PICTURES in the minds of the readers and listeners.

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Words Create Mental Picture

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KINDS OF IMAGERY CONCRETE

Sight

Sound

Taste

Touch

Smell

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KINDS OF IMAGERY FIGURATIVE -

Comparisons

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Personification

Symbol

SYNESTHESIA is one of my favorites to add.

What does that term mean? Use Internet search to check all definitions.

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“The organist turned and hunched his shoulders. A high cascade of sound bubbled from the organ, spreading, thick and clinging, over the chapel, slowly surging.”

“I could feel the odor of frying bacon reach deep into my stomach as I watched the counterman open the doors of the grill and turn the lean strips over and bang the doors shut again.”

SOUND DESCRIBED AS TOUCH

ODOR DESCRIBED AS TOUCH

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M = MUSIC

Rhythm

Rhyme

Sound

–Alliteration

–Assonance

–Onomatopoeia

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Music is the SOUND of poetry

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Learn the I.T.A.D.s I = iambic u/ (unstressed – stressed)

T = trochaic /u (stressed – unstressed)

A = anapestic uu/ (2 unstressed - stressed)

D = dactylic /uu (stressed – 2 unstressed)

FOOT OF POETRY

set w/one stressed syllable

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Expressed by

the poet

Experienced

by reader

E = EMOTION

TONE

MOOD

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What does the POET feel about TOPIC of poem?

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T.I.M.E. MNEMONIC

T = Title, Thought, Theme

I = Imagery

M = Music

E = Emotion

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Pay attention to the IMAGERY and MUSIC and you will have a

clue to the following about a poem:

Your turn to try it.

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Tell the T.I.M.E. for this POEM. “I’m Nobody” By Emily Dickenson

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I’m Nobody by Emily Dickinson

I’m nobody. Who are you?

Are you nobody too?

Then there’s the pair of us.

Don’t tell. They’ll banish us you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog.

To tell one’s name the livelong June

To an admiring bog.

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I’m Nobody by Emily Dickinson

I’m nobody. Who are you?

Are you nobody too?

Then there’s the pair of us.

Don’t tell. They’ll banish us you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell one’s name the livelong June

To an admiring bog.

The Speaker

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I’m Nobody by Emily Dickinson

I’m nobody. Who are you?

Are you nobody too?

Then there’s the pair of us.

Don’t tell. They’ll banish us you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell one’s name the livelong June

To an admiring bog.

The Speaker

The Audience

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I’m Nobody by Emily Dickinson

I’m nobody. Who are you?

Are you nobody too?

Then there’s the pair of us.

Don’t tell. They’ll banish us you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell one’s name the livelong June

To an admiring bog.

IMAGERY

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I’m Nobody by Emily Dickinson

I’m nobody. Who are you?

Are you nobody too?

Then there’s the pair of us.

Don’t tell. They’ll banish us you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell one’s name the livelong June

To an admiring bog.

IMAGERY

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I’m Nobody by Emily Dickinson

I’m nobody. Who are you?

Are you nobody too?

Then there’s the pair of us.

Don’t tell. They’ll banish us you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell one’s name the livelong June

To an admiring bog.

MUSIC

RHYME

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I’m Nobody by Emily Dickinson

I’m nobody. Who are you?

Are you nobody too?

Then there’s the pair of us.

Don’t tell. They’ll banish us you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell one’s name the livelong June

To an admiring bog.

MUSIC

RHYME A

A

B

B

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I’m Nobody by Emily Dickinson

I’m nobody. Who are you?

Are you nobody too?

Then there’s the pair of us.

Don’t tell. They’ll banish us you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell one’s name the livelong June

To an admiring bog.

MUSIC

RHYTHM

green

RHYME

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I’m Nobody by Emily Dickinson

I’m nobody. Who are you?

Are you nobody too?

Then there’s the pair of us.

Don’t tell. They’ll banish us you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell one’s name the livelong June

To an admiring bog.

MUSIC

RHYME

RHYTHM

A

A

B

B

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I’m Nobody by Emily Dickinson

I’m nobody. Who are you?

Are you nobody too?

Then there’s the pair of us.

Don’t tell. They’ll banish us you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell one’s name the livelong June

To an admiring bog.

MUSIC

RHYME

RHYTHM

A

A

B

B

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I’m Nobody by Emily Dickinson

MUSIC

RHYME

RHYTHM

SOUND

A

A

B

B

I’m nobody. Who are you?

Are you nobody too?

Then there’s the pair of us.

Don’t tell. They’ll banish us you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell one’s name the livelong June

To an admiring bog.

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I’m nobody. Who are you?

Are you nobody too?

Then there’s the pair of us.

Don’t tell. They’ll banish us you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell one’s name the livelong June

To an admiring bog.

I’m Nobody by Emily Dickinson

MUSIC

RHYME

RHYTHM

SOUND

A

A

B

B

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I’m Nobody by Emily Dickinson

I’m nobody. Who are you?

Are you nobody too?

Then there’s the pair of us.

Don’t tell. They’ll banish us you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell one’s name the livelong June

To an admiring bog.

EMOTION

EXPRESSED

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I’m Nobody by Emily Dickinson

I’m nobody. Who are you?

Are you nobody too?

Then there’s the pair of us.

Don’t tell. They’ll banish us you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell one’s name the livelong June

To an admiring bog.

EMOTION

EXPERIENCED

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Now, write about either poem, “Unfolding Bud” or “I’m Nobody”.

Write a short paper which you describe in about a page your experience reading one of these poems.

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Critical or Analytical Essay Next, Use the

information from your T.I.M.E. analysis in a critical or analytical essay.

In the meantime, find and copy three poems you like.

Poems should be at least 12 lines long.

Message of poem

Use T info

Explain observation

Use I and M info

Personal Response

Use Emotion info

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Memorize the T.I.M.E. steps.

This mnemonic can help you

recall the basic components of poetry analysis.

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Enjoy reading and writing poems! Choose your favorite original poem…one you’ve written

yourself and publish on the National Gallery of Writing.

Post on your class website.

Memorize a favorite poem and recite to your family.

Using computer graphics, illustrate your favorite poem and give it as a gift.

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Page 66: POETRY T.I.M.E. Introduction to Poetry Analysis€¦ · by Emily Dickinson I’m nobody. Who are you? Are you nobody too? Then there’s the pair of us. Don’t tell. They’ll banish

*from the National Council of Teachers of English Link