A lesson on:

1. A lesson on: • Diction • Connotation • Tone

2. Words and the wonderfully illustrious and illuminating imagination WORDS CAN: [Literal] [Figurative] Vs. DENOTE CONNOTE

3. These words denote similar things/ideas, but what do they Connote? Town / City Clever / Wise Jester / Clown Light / glow blue pink

4. DICTION and CONNOTATION THE WORDS CHOSEN BY THE AUTHOR FOR SPECIFIC EFFECT THE FEELINGS, EMOTIONS AND CULTURAL IDEAS ASSOCIATED WITH WORDS LET’S APPLY THIS TO A QUICK STUDY OF TWO POEMS:

5. eecummings i am so glad and very i am so glad and very merely my fourth will cure the laziest self of weary the hugest sea of shore so far your nearness reaches a lucky fifth of you turns people into eachs and cowards into grow our can'ts were born to happen our mosts have died in more our twentieth will open wide a wide open door we are so both and oneful night cannot be so sky sky cannot be so sunful i am through you so i

6. W. B. Yeats When you are old When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face; And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

7. i am so glad and very eecummings i am so glad and very merely my fourth will cure the laziest self of weary the hugest sea of shore so far your nearness reaches a lucky fifth of you turns people into eachs and cowards into grow our can'ts were born to happen our mosts have died in more our twentieth will open wide a wide open door we are so both and oneful night cannot be so sky sky cannot be so sunful i am through you so i When you are old W. B. Yeats When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face; And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

8. How do you feel about words? How important is the CONTEXT of words? Find your own words from the poems

9. What are we learning here? • DICTION (word choice) is a poet’s most obvious yet most subtle form of expression. • The CONNOTATIONS of words (diction) are partly from the Culture around us, and partly from your experiences and imagination. • HOWEVER: • Can we decide upon the TONE/MOOD based upon the DICTION a poet uses? • What other evidence is there but the words!!?

10. i am so glad and very eecummings i am so glad and very merely my fourth will cure the laziest self of weary the hugest sea of shore so far your nearnessreaches a lucky fifth of you turns people into eachs and cowards into grow our can'ts were born to happen our mosts have died in more our twentieth will open wide a wide open door we are so both and oneful night cannot be so sky sky cannot be so sunful i am through you so i When you are old W. B. Yeats When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadowsdeep; How many loved your moments of gladgrace, And loved your beauty with lovefalse or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face; And bendingdown beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Lovefled And paced upon the mountains overhead Andhid his face amid a crowd of stars.