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Rock-It Poetry

Rock-It Poetry. By :Brian Conrad. “The Road Not Taken”. Diction: appeals to difficult decisions that need to be made in life Balances a sense of optimism and pessimism The narrator does not take a clear stance on whether or not he is pleased with his decision “sorry I could not travel both”

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Rock-It Poetry

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  1. Rock-It Poetry By :Brian Conrad

  2. “The Road Not Taken” • Diction: appeals to difficult decisions that need to be made in life • Balances a sense of optimism and pessimism • The narrator does not take a clear stance on whether or not he is pleased with his decision • “sorry I could not travel both” • “just as fair” • “telling this with a sigh” • “that has made all the difference”

  3. “The Road Not Taken” • Imagery: The narrator describes a scene of two roads in the woods and states how they are different, but the same. • “having perhaps the better claim…grassy and wanted wear…had worn them really about the same” • “in leaves no step had trodden black”

  4. “The Road Not Taken” • Description: The narrator never takes a clear stance on whether or not the outcome of his decision had a positive impact on him. • “I shall be telling this with a sigh,” never indicates whether it is a sigh of regret or sigh of relief. • The line “that has made all the difference,” never states whether the difference is good or bad.

  5. “The Road Not Taken” • Language: The author uses simple language to draw a comparison between paths in the woods to paths taken in life. • The simple language also enables the life lesson of the inevitability of making tough decisions to reach all ages of readers.

  6. “The Road Not Taken” • Structure: The stanzas contain a story told by the narrator. The final stanza contains a shift where the narrator reflects on his decision. • “I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”

  7. “Fire and Ice” • Diction: The author chooses words that demonstrate the difference between fire and ice to relate to the theme of how hate and destruction will end the world. • “perish”, “hate”, “destruction”

  8. “Fire and Ice” • Imagery: A strong sense of visual imagery is not established, but the reader can make mental images of the world ending in fire or ice. • The poem describes the hurtful actions of people rather than a physical scene of fire and ice.

  9. “Fire and Ice” • Description: The author chooses to include opposing views of people to demonstrate the difference between fire and ice. The author ends the poem with a statement saying that both fire and ice would end the world, inferring that both powers are evil.

  10. “Fire and Ice” • Language: The language relies heavily on metaphor in which the power of fire and ice is demonstrated through the emotions of humans. • The powers of “desire” and “hate” are both evil because they will end the world.

  11. “Fire and Ice” • Structure: The poem is mostly divided into couplets in which the author evaluates a claim of fire and ice. • “From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire” • The poem ends with the conclusion that destruction with ice “is also great and would suffice,” showing that the contradicting powers are equal.

  12. “Curiosity” • Diction: The author’s choice of words reflect on the saying “curiosity killed the cat.” • The author makes the statement that curiosity is essential to live life and not be curious is boring. • “Only the curious have, if they live, a tale worth telling at all.”

  13. “Curiosity” • Imagery: The visual imagery appeals to scenes of dogs and cats in their everyday activities. The author uses these images to show the difference in actions between curious and boring people. • “licking paws, or fathering litter on litter of kittens,” “well-smelt baskets, suitable wives, good lunches”

  14. “Curiosity” • Description: The author stops using the metaphor of cat and dog people in the third stanza to reveal their true voice. The author warns the reader that curiosity will not kill you, but “lack of it will.” • The author is encouraging the reader to be curious.

  15. “Curiosity” • Language: The author incorporates humor by using the common saying of “curiosity killed the cat,” but is also critical of those who do not dare. • “Dead dogs are those who do not know that dying is what, to live, each has to do.”

  16. “Curiosity” • Structure: The poem begins with a stanza introducing the saying of “curiosity killed the cat,” to start the argument of living dangerously. • The lone quote of “only the curious have, if they live, a tale worth telling at all,” encourages the reader to be daring in life. • The last stanza describes “dogs,” or boring people, to demonstrate the loss of not taking chances in life.

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