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How can a poem teach you lessons about life?

How can a poem teach you lessons about life?. In this lesson you will learn how to determine the theme or universal lesson of a poem by reviewing its images, sounds, and symbols. Imagery- The pictures a poet creates in our minds with their words

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How can a poem teach you lessons about life?

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  1. How can a poem teach you lessons about life?

  2. In this lesson you will learn how to determine the theme or universal lesson of a poem by reviewing its images, sounds, and symbols.

  3. Imagery- The pictures a poet creates in our minds with their words Sounds- What we hear in a poem when it is read Symbols- Words or things that really stand for something else. (Figurative- not literal) = LOVE

  4. “Twelfth Song of the Thunder” • Poem from the Navajo people • Compares the noise of thunder and grasshoppers to “voices” • Says these voices make the land beautiful

  5. A poem has… Imagery Symbols = LOVE • Poem had images of thunder, clouds, grasshoppers and plants • Focused on nature • “Voice” stood for communication and sharing a message • Also stood for making the land beautiful Sounds • Didn’t rhyme but used a lot of repetition • “Voice,” “beauty,” and “land” were important words

  6. Thinking that the theme of a poem is what the poem was about. “This poem was about thunder.” “Thunder and grasshoppers have a voice.” We should respect nature.

  7. Could this be a lesson that works anywhere in life? What lesson are we learning through the imagery, sounds, and symbols of this poem? We should respect all parts of nature, no matter how big or small, because they work together to make our world more beautiful.

  8. 1) Find another poem and take notes on the images, sounds, and symbols in it. • 2) Look at your notes and come up with a universal theme or lesson that can be learned from it.

  9. Write a poem with images, sounds, and symbols that will come together to teach one of these themes: • Never give up • Love conquers all • Being prideful can always be your downfall.

  10. What is “theme”? State the theme of “Twelfth Song of the Thunder” in your own words, and make connections to the images, sounds, and symbols in the poem.

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