Poetry Continued

December 8, 2014

E.Q: What is the main idea of the poem?

Obj: I can analyze poems and find the main idea.

Starter:

Create your Blackout Poem

Grab a newspaper article from the table and blackout everything except a few words.

Look at the same examples on newspaperblackout for ideas.

Activity:

1. Think Aloud 

Analyze Emily Dickinson's Poem

By The Sea

I started early, took my dog,
And visited the sea;
The mermaids in the basement
Came out to look at me,

And frigates in the upper floor
Extended hempen hands,
Presuming me to be a mouse
Aground, upon the sands.

But no man moved me till the tide
Went past my simple shoe,
And past my apron and my belt,
And past my bodice too,

And made as he would eat me up
As wholly as a dew
Upon a dandelion's sleeve —
And then I started too.

And he — he followed close behind;
I felt his silver heel
Upon my ankle, — then my shoes
Would overflow with pearl.

Until we met the solid town,
No man he seemed to know;
And bowing with a mighty look
At me, the sea withdrew.

2.  Individually

Poems

Because I Could Not Stop For Death

I Heard a Fly Buzz- When I died

Birches

The Snow Man

Pick two poems to analyze.
In a Google Doc annotate each stanza.
Then answer the following questions

A.  What is the objective summary of the poem?


B.  Which line best captures the main idea and why?

C.  What is the speaker's attitude?

D.  List a few examples of figurative language?
What does it represent?

E.  What is the overall tone and mood?

Closure:
In general, what questions do you have about the final exam?