What happens if you get stuck when you start reading a difficult poem?

1. What happens if you get stuck when you start reading a difficult poem?

2. In this lesson you will learn how to analyze each section of a poem by re-reading and re-stating in your own words.

3. Imagery in “Daffodils” by William Wordsworth

4. What I don’t understand What I do understand

5. Daffodils I WANDER'D lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine- And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretch'd in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed—and gazed—but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. William Wordsworth

6. Summary: The unnamed speaker is wandering all alone and notices a bunch of daffodils waving in the breeze. What Who I WANDER'D lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

7. 1 • Re-read slowly, asking “Who is speaking?” and “What is happening?” 2 • Combine the “Who” and “What” and jot them down in the margin or on a sticky note.

8. In this lesson you have learned how to analyze each section of a poem…by re-reading and re-stating in your own words.

9. Read stanza 2 of the poem “Daffodils”. Continuous as the stars that shine- And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretch'd in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

10. As you re-read, ask yourself “Who is speaking?” and “What is happening?” • Write a summary note in your own words, incorporating the WHO and the WHAT.

11. Write an original poem using one idea from the WHO column and one idea from the WHAT column below. WHO Michael Jackson Elmo Harry Potter WHAT Rides a bike Cooks dinner Goes on rollercoster

12. Read “The Snowstorm” by Ralph Waldo Emerson and write a summary note for each stanza. STANZA ONE

13. STANZA TWO