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Annotating Poetry

Genre. PoetryModernist, leading the way to postmodernism. Author. T. S. Eliot1922Influence of Ezra Pound. Structure. 5 partsAkin to Shakespeare's 5 actsImplies Identify major shifts. Title. The Waste Land5 PartsThe Burial of the DeadA Game of ChessThe Fire SermonDeath by WaterWhat the T

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Annotating Poetry

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    1. Annotating Poetry English 1102 Prof. Patricia Burgey

    2. Genre Poetry Modernist, leading the way to postmodernism

    3. Author T. S. Eliot 1922 Influence of Ezra Pound

    4. Structure 5 parts Akin to Shakespeare’s 5 acts Implies Identify major shifts

    5. Title The Waste Land 5 Parts The Burial of the Dead A Game of Chess The Fire Sermon Death by Water What the Thunder Said

    6. Speaker/Persona Changes constantly Connotation of change echoes modern fragmented world Many voices—many viewpoints? Or do they come to the same conclusion? Consciousness of central narrators relate their actions and participate in the action

    7. Other Elements Point of View Tone Language Imagery Symbolism Allusions

    8. Primary Myth: The Fisher King Structural foundation of poem Projected through juxtaposition of moral and cultural malaise Proposes by implication a possible remedy for a healthy human survival in modern times—king is healed or resurrected Legend came from pre-Christian fertility and vegetation rites intended to change winter into fertile spring

    9. The Fisher King Suffered from an incurable wound while his land suffered from persistent aridity because his soldiers raped nuns. Could be restored to health and his land to fertility only if a pure and chaste knight passed through his kingdom Parsifal lifted the curse on his journey to find the Holy Grail.

    10. Secondary Myths Christ’s Crucifixion Buddha’s fire sermon Hyacinthus Philomel Diana Prajapati

    11. Narrative Broken narrative in tune with the fragmented nature of the modern culture Heap of fragments brought together by the narrator in an attempt to create order out of chaos Technique of concealing and revealing: One has to move back and forth in time and text for the full understanding of an allusion, image, phrase, symbol, scene, situation or event

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