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Reading Poetry

Reading Poetry. First Read, First Impressions. Which words do you find most striking/vivid/disturbing/moving, etc.? Which images are powerful or striking? Which senses does the poet particularly appeal to? What are your first impressions of the speaker of the poem?

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Reading Poetry

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  1. Reading Poetry

  2. First Read, First Impressions • Which words do you find most striking/vivid/disturbing/moving, etc.? • Which images are powerful or striking? • Which senses does the poet particularly appeal to? • What are your first impressions of the speaker of the poem? • What is the overall impact of this poem on you?

  3. Close Read: Digging Deeper • 1. The poet and the title • 2. Keywords • 3. Word Order • 4. Figurative Language • 5. Sound • 6. Speaker • 7. Time and Setting • 8. Symbol • 9. Form • 10. Ideas and Theme

  4. THE POET AND THE TITLE • Does the poet or title immediately influence what you are about to read, or does it, at the moment you begin your first reading, remain mysterious or vague? • After you have thought about the poem, how do you think the title relates to it?

  5. Keywords and Word Order • Familiar/unfamiliar? • Repeated? • Connections?

  6. Figurative Language,Sound, Symbol • Metaphor? Simile? • Effect of sound on meaning • Central symbol?

  7. Speaker, Time and Setting • Poet vs. speaker • Past, present, future? • Known/unknown

  8. Form, Ideas and Theme • Shape • The Big Ideas

  9. More about CONTEXT Image from: AdExchanger.com

  10. Get into groups of 4 Read poem twice, record your thoughts for first and second readings to hand in! Look at the context given to you Pick an appropriate title Present to the group: -your first impressions -The name of your poet and their context -analysis of the poem, given the context -the title you chose, and why

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