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LOVE

LOVE. An in-depth analysis. Tanka. A Japanese poetic form with 5 unrhymed lines Exactly 31 syllables 5 syllables in lines 1 and 3 7 in lines 2, 4, and 5 Evokes a single image. Three Japanese Tanka by Ono Kamachi Page 686. Author’s Background

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LOVE

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  1. LOVE An in-depth analysis

  2. Tanka • A Japanese poetic form with • 5 unrhymed lines • Exactly 31 syllables • 5 syllables in lines 1 and 3 • 7 in lines 2, 4, and 5 Evokes a single image

  3. Three Japanese Tankaby Ono KamachiPage 686 • Author’s Background • Translated into English (syllable variation) • Italics • Regret?

  4. Your Task • Write a Tanka in correct form over one of the following topics. You must convey a single image. • Friendship • Adolescence • Nature

  5. Sonnet • English sonnet also known as Shakespearean sonnet • 14 lines • 3 quatrains • Rhymes Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG • 10 syllables /line (iambic pentameter)

  6. Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?By William ShakespearePage 691 • Author’s Background • Author’s Purpose • Comparison? • Is this a love poem?

  7. Your Task • Find an example of the following: • Personification • Assonance • Repetition • Alliteration • Logical structure of argument • Inverted language • Unusual language and vocabulary

  8. Lyric • Expresses a speaker’s emotions or thoughts • Short and musical • Based on strong emotion

  9. Heart! We Will Forget Him!By Emily DickinsonPage 697 • Author’s Background • Mood • Tone • Heart vs. Brain • Personification • Word Choice

  10. Your Task • Parody: a humorous imitation of a serious piece of literature • Write a parody of Heart! We Will Forget Him!

  11. Metaphor • A surprising comparison • Can be direct or indirect

  12. since feeling is firstBy E.E. Cummingspage 702 • Author’s Background • Grammar as a metaphor • Syntax • Punctuation

  13. Your Task • Create a two-column chart to track the contrast between order and emotion • Cummings ignores the rules of grammar and punctuation • Put them back in—what is the effect on the poem?

  14. Simile • Comparison using “like” or “as” • Can be extended over multiple lines

  15. The TaxiBy Amy LowellPage 708 • Author’s Background • Mood of the poem? • Diction to support the mood?

  16. Your Task • Re-write the poem to create the opposite mood • Maintain the use of simile

  17. Ballad • Tells a story • Uses rhythm, rhymes, and repetition • Refrain

  18. Bonny Barbara AllanBy AnonymousPage 722 • Folk Ballad • Purpose of the refrain • What details are left out?

  19. Your Task • This ballad is filled with the formal diction characteristic of the time period of the poem. • Re-write two of the stanzas updating the language with more modern expressions.

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