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Poetry Analysis English 1P Quarter 3

Poetry Analysis English 1P Quarter 3. Standards LRA 3: 11 -- Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language, on tone, mood, and theme, using the terminology of literary criticism. How to analyze a poem. Read through at least twice :

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Poetry Analysis English 1P Quarter 3

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  1. Poetry Analysis English 1P Quarter 3 Standards LRA 3: 11 -- Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language, on tone, mood, and theme, using the terminology of literary criticism.

  2. Standard LRA 3.11-Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme, using the terminology of literary criticism. How to analyze a poem Read through at least twice: You will have to read a poem multiple times before even attempting to approach it for deeper meanings. Give yourself a chance to thoroughly and fully appreciate the poem.

  3. Standard LRA 3.11-Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme, using the terminology of literary criticism. Is there a title? The title may contain important clues for understanding the piece.

  4. Standard LRA 3.11-Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme, using the terminology of literary criticism. Stay Calm! If there are any unfamiliar or foreign terms, just skip over them on your first reading. Try, instead, to grasp the over-all meaning of the poem. On subsequent passes, look up unfamiliar words or terms.

  5. Standard LRA 3.11-Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme, using the terminology of literary criticism. Read it aloud. Poems are meant to be heard. Often, you will find that phrases that were troublesome become more clear to you upon hearing them aloud. (Cats and dogs make great audiences.)

  6. Standard LRA 3.11-Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme, using the terminology of literary criticism. Pay attention to punctuation. Most poems use punctuation to guide the voice of its reader. You need to pay attention because the end of the line is not necessarily the end of a sentence.

  7. Standard LRA 3.11-Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme, using the terminology of literary criticism. Try Paraphrasing. It may be best for you to write what the poem is saying in your own words.

  8. Standard LRA 3.11-Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme, using the terminology of literary criticism. Who is the speaker? Don’t confuse the speaker with the poet. Determining who the speaker is will help you approach the work more easily.

  9. Standard LRA 3.11-Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme, using the terminology of literary criticism. There are no useless words. Poets select each word very carefully. Don’t overlook anything. Images and symbols all have a purpose.

  10. Standard LRA 3.11-Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme, using the terminology of literary criticism. Be open to interpretation and don’t always expect a definitive meaning.

  11. Standard LRA 3.11-Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme, using the terminology of literary criticism. Identify any figurative language, rhyme, rhythm, stylistic devices, universal themes, etc.

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