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Poetry

Poetry. How to Read A Poem. Look at the poem ’ s title Look at the poet Read the poem silently straight through Read the poem aloud Check for understanding and paraphrase Identify the narrator Look for patterns Look for changes & crucial moments Consider form and function

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Poetry

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  1. Poetry

  2. How to Read A Poem • Look at the poem’s title • Look at the poet • Read the poem silently straight through • Read the poem aloud • Check for understanding and paraphrase • Identify the narrator • Look for patterns • Look for changes & crucial moments • Consider form and function • Check for improved understanding & TAKE-OFF!

  3. Look at the poem’s title Sonnet 130 My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun

  4. Look at the poet William Shakespeare

  5. Read the poem silently straight through My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.

  6. Read the poem aloud My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.

  7. Check for understanding and paraphrase My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare. • Literal vs. Figurative language

  8. Identify the narrator Who is speaking in the poem? What do you know about them? What is the speaker’s voice like (tone)? What is the speaker’s attitude towards his subject?

  9. Look for patterns • My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; • Coral is far more red than her lips' red; • If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; • If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. • I have seen roses damasked, red and white, • But no such roses see I in her cheeks; • And in some perfumes is there more delight • Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. • I love to hear her speak, yet well I know • That music hath a far more pleasing sound; • I grant I never saw a goddess go; • My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. • And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare • As any she belied with false compare. Repeated, interesting, or even unfamiliar use of language, imagery, sound, color, or arrangement

  10. Look for changes & crucial moments Tone, focus, narrator, structure, voice, patterns • My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; • Coral is far more red than her lips' red; • If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; • If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. • I have seen roses damasked, red and white, • But no such roses see I in her cheeks; • And in some perfumes is there more delight • Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. • I love to hear her speak, yet well I know • That music hath a far more pleasing sound; • I grant I never saw a goddess go; • My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. • And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare • As any she belied with false compare.

  11. Consider form and function a b ab • My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; • Coral is far more red than her lips' red; • If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; • If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. • I have seen roses damasked, red and white, • But no such roses see I in her cheeks; • And in some perfumes is there more delight • Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. • I love to hear her speak, yet well I know • That music hath a far more pleasing sound; • I grant I never saw a goddess go; • My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. • And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare • As any she belied with false compare. FORM: SONNET STANZAS QUATRAIN cdcd RHYME SCHEME: COUPLET e f e f LINE BREAKS: END STOPPED ENJAMBMENT gg METER: IAMBIC PENTAMETER

  12. Meter • My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; • Coral is far more red than her lips' red; • If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; • If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. • I have seen roses damasked, red and white, • But no such roses see I in her cheeks; • And in some perfumes is there more delight • Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. • I love to hear her speak, yet well I know • That music hath a far more pleasing sound; • I grant I never saw a goddess go; • My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. • And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare • As any she belied with false compare. Foot – division of meter IAMB – unstressed/stressed PENTA – five IAMBIC PENTAMETER

  13. Consider form and function Poetic Devices Metaphor Simile Symbols Alliteration and so on… • My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; • Coral is far more red than her lips' red; • If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; • If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. • I have seen roses damasked, red and white, • But no such roses see I in her cheeks; • And in some perfumes is there more delight • Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. • I love to hear her speak, yet well I know • That music hath a far more pleasing sound; • I grant I never saw a goddess go; • My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. • And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare • As any she belied with false compare.

  14. Check for improved understanding & TAKE-OFF! • My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; • Coral is far more red than her lips' red; • If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; • If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. • I have seen roses damasked, red and white, • But no such roses see I in her cheeks; • And in some perfumes is there more delight • Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. • I love to hear her speak, yet well I know • That music hath a far more pleasing sound; • I grant I never saw a goddess go; • My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. • And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare • As any she belied with false compare. Why does the use of enjambment increase after the first four lines? Why does Shakespeare start off with so much color in the opening and then drop it? How does the final couplet fully pay off? Use your questions to form a theory and thesis about the poem.

  15. The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy.

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