Explicate a poem
sana_6113939Explicate a Poem
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Consider the elements of a poem: its speaker or "voice," its intended audience, its language (the figurative or literal meaning of the words), its images, sounds, rhythm and rhyme scheme, (read it aloud), any symbols, its overall theme, and its genre (lyrical, narrative, dramatic, or didactic). Now, consider its tone, or the attitude the speaker takes towards the subject. (TONE IS WHAT MANY READERS MISS – watch for it!) Does it tell a story? Finally, consider its effect on you, the reader. [See Chapters 4 & 6 in our textbook and study the Writing about Poetry (Links to an external site.) site. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/writing_about_poetry.html and " Poetry Q&A " worksheets to get started.)
Assignment: After familiarizing yourself with the elements of a poem, compose a post in which you first summarize the poem and then explain how its elements combine to make it meaningful. About 200-250 words. Put author's name and the title of the poem in the first sentence of the post. Explicate of one of the following:
Billy Collins "Introduction to Poetry"
William Wordsworth, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” OR
Sarah Kay's spoken-word poem "The Astronaut" https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_kay_how_many_lives_can_you_live
Your second post should comment on something you learned from a peer's explication. Have some fun, here! Obviously, this exercise could easily become an early draft of Essay #3.( I will send you this once I get the poem from my PEER)
* DO NOT USE SOURCES OTHER THAN the Unit Three Module links. the Writing Checklists, and YOUR TEXTBOOK.
Introduction to Poetry [DB#5 option on analyzing poetry]
I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive.
I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,
or walk inside the poem's room
and feel the walls for a light switch.
I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.
But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.
They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (1815) by William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed- and gazed- but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils
Explicate a Poem
No unread replies. No replies.
Consider
the
elements
of
a
poem:
its
speaker
or
"voice,"
its
intended
audience,
its
language
(the
figurative
or
literal
meaning
of
the
words),
its
images,
sounds,
rhythm
and
rhyme
scheme,
(read
it
aloud),
any
symbols,
its
overall
theme,
and
its
genre
(lyrical,
narrative,
dramatic,
or
didactic).
Now,
consider
its
tone,
or
the
attitude
the
speaker
takes
towards
the
subject.
(TONE
IS
WHAT
MANY
READERS
MISS
–
watch
for
it!)
Does
it
tell
a
story?
Finally,
consider
its
effect
on
you,
the
reader.
[See
Chapters
4
&
6
in
our
textbook
and
study
the
Writing
about
Poetry
(Links
to
an
external
site.
)
site
.
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/writing_about_poetry
.html
and
"
Po
etry
Q&A
"
worksheets
to
get
started.)
Assignment:
After
familiarizing
yourself
with
the
elements
of
a
poem,
compose
a
post
in
which
you
first
summarize
the
poem
and
then
explain
how
its
elements
combine
to
make
it
meaningful.
About
200
-
250
words.
Put
author's
name
and
the
title
of
the
poem
in
the
first
se
ntence
of
the
post.
Explicate
of
one
of
the
following:
Billy
Collins
"Introduction
to
Poetry"
William
Wordsworth,
"I
Wandered
Lonely
as
a
Cloud
”
OR
Sarah
Kay's
spoken
-
word
poem
"The
Astronaut"
https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_kay_how_many_lives_can_you_live
Your
second
post
should
comment
on
something
you
learned
f
rom
a
peer's
explication.
Have
some
fun,
here!
Obviously,
this
exercise
could
easily
become
an
early
draft
of
Essay
#3
.
(
I
wil
l
send
you
this
once
I
get
the
poem
from
my
PEER
)
*
DO NOT USE SOURCES OTHER THAN the Unit Three Module links. the Writing Checklists, and YOUR
TEXTBOOK.
Poems by Billy Collins
Introduction to
Poetry [DB#5 option on analyzing
poetry]
I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive.
I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,
or walk inside the poem's room
and
feel the walls for a light switch.
I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.
But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
Explicate a Poem
No unread replies. No replies.
Consider the elements of a poem: its speaker or "voice," its intended audience, its language (the
figurative or literal meaning of the words), its images, sounds, rhythm and rhyme scheme, (read it
aloud), any symbols, its overall theme, and its genre (lyrical, narrative, dramatic, or didactic). Now,
consider its tone, or the attitude the speaker takes towards the subject. (TONE IS WHAT MANY
READERS MISS – watch for it!) Does it tell a story? Finally, consider its effect on you, the reader. [See
Chapters 4 & 6 in our textbook and study the Writing about Poetry (Links to an external site.)
site.https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/writing_about_poetry
.html and "Poetry Q&A" worksheets to get started.)
Assignment: After familiarizing yourself with the elements of a poem, compose a post in which you
first summarize the poem and then explain how its elements combine to make it meaningful. About
200-250 words. Put author's name and the title of the poem in the first sentence of the post. Explicate
of one of the following:
Billy Collins "Introduction to Poetry"
William Wordsworth, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” OR
Sarah Kay's spoken-word poem "The
Astronaut" https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_kay_how_many_lives_can_you_live
Your second post should comment on something you learned from a peer's explication. Have some
fun, here! Obviously, this exercise could easily become an early draft of Essay #3.( I will send you this
once I get the poem from my PEER)
* DO NOT USE SOURCES OTHER THAN the Unit Three Module links. the Writing Checklists, and YOUR
TEXTBOOK.
Poems by Billy Collins
Introduction to Poetry [DB#5 option on analyzing poetry]
I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive.
I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,
or walk inside the poem's room
and feel the walls for a light switch.
I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.
But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope