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Time for a poem…

Time for a poem…. How to study (and enjoy) poetry. ‘emotions recalled in tranquillity’. William Wordsworth (1770-1850). feel. mood. Poetry can affect us. … if we let it. TIME FOR A POEM…. respond. A good poem makes us. Think Imagine Feel.

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Time for a poem…

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  1. Time for a poem…

  2. How to study (and enjoy) poetry

  3. ‘emotions recalled in tranquillity’ William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

  4. feel

  5. mood

  6. Poetry can affect us … if we let it.

  7. TIME FOR A POEM…

  8. respond

  9. A good poem makes us... Think Imagine Feel

  10. How does the poet achieve these effects?

  11. Take a step back

  12. What is she thinking? • Who is she looking at? • How does she feel? • How old is she? • Is she friendly? • Do I like her hair? • Do I want to talk to her? • Do I want to look like her?

  13. Oils or watercolours? • Brushes and knives? • Textures • Tones • Use of light • Position • Perspective • Foreground / background

  14. Art of painting

  15. Art of writing

  16. What is it like to live in Jordan College? • Does Lyra feel lonely? • Does she love her uncle? • Is Mrs Coulter really evil? • What is it like to have a daemon?

  17. Plot • Pace • Characterisation • Use of imagery • Setting • Themes • Symbolism • Messages and morals

  18. Make-believe

  19. Critical analysis

  20. Craft

  21. Poetry techniques: • Imagery • Sound • Rhyme • Rhythm • Atmosphere, tone and mood

  22. Poetry techniques: Imagery Sound Rhyme Rhythm Atmosphere, tone and mood

  23. Imagery • Literal description • Figurative description: • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Allegory

  24. Imagery Literal description: ‘The trees bent in the wind.’ Figurative description: ‘The great giants arched their backs as the wind roared.’

  25. Imagery ‘Random’

  26. Imagery Literally

  27. Imagery Henry and his stick

  28. stick: – a thin piece of wood, fallen from a tree; begins with the letter pattern st– rhymes with brick – not to be mistaken for a sword

  29. poets like potential meanings

  30. Imagery Workshop 1 ‘In my mind I can see, the object in my hand could be...’

  31. keep your mind open to metaphors!

  32. TIME For a Poem

  33. Poetry techniques: Imagery Sound Rhyme Rhythm Atmosphere, tone and mood

  34. Poetry techniques: Imagery Sound Rhyme Rhythm Atmosphere, tone and mood

  35. Sound Alliteration Assonance Onomatopoeia Letter sounds (hard/soft consonants)

  36. Sound Alliteration: (repetition of letter sounds – usually at the beginning of words) ‘Strolling over soft, satin sand.’

  37. Sound Assonance: (repetition of vowel sounds) ‘The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.’

  38. Sound Onomatopoeia: (a word that sounds like the thing it is describing) ‘Splash, pop, bang, tinkle.’

  39. Sound Letter sounds: (the use of hard or soft consonants to create dramatic effects) ‘Ripples of water wash slowly over satin sand.’

  40. Sound Letter sounds: (the use of hard or soft consonants to create dramatic effects) ‘The battered, castle keep of granite rises to the darkening sky. ’

  41. Sound Workshop 2

  42. Time for a poem.. Time for a poem…

  43. Poetry techniques: Imagery Sound Rhyme Rhythm Atmosphere, tone and mood

  44. Poetry techniques: Imagery Sound Rhyme Rhythm Atmosphere, tone and mood

  45. Rhyme Rhyming couplets – a,a,b,b Alternate lines – a,b,a,b Blank verse – unrhymed iambic pentameter (see rhythm section) Free verse

  46. Rhyme Workshop 3 Rhyming schemes

  47. Rhyme From Baby Song by Thom Gunn From the private ease of Mother’s womb I fall into the lighted room. Why don’t they simply put me back Where it is warm and wet and black? But one thing follows on another. Things were different inside Mother.

  48. Rhyme From Baby Song by Thom Gunn From the private ease of Mother’s womb a I fall into the lighted room. a Why don’t they simply put me back b Where it is warm and wet and black? b But one thing follows on another. c Things were different inside Mother. c

  49. Rhyme from Magpies by Judith Wright Along the road the magpies walk with hands in pockets, left and right. They tilt their heads, and stroll and talk. In their well-fitted black and white.

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