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What’s the difference between the following pairs of words?. walk / saunter. yell / bellow. l augh / snicker. In this lesson you will learn how to understand a poem by paying close attention to the strong verbs a poet uses. Denotation. Connotation. Dictionary definition.
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What’s the difference between the following pairs of words? walk / saunter yell / bellow laugh/ snicker
In this lesson you will learn how to understand a poem by paying close attention to the strong verbs a poet uses.
Denotation Connotation Dictionary definition Association or emotion
Whole stanza Word by word 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. 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.
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.
wander’d, floats, fluttering, dancing What feelings do these verbs display for the reader?
1 • Highlight verbs in one stanza. 2 • Decide which verbs give a specific feeling. 3 Read together, how do verbs add meaning?
In this lesson you have learned how to understand a poem…by paying close attention to the strong verbs a poet uses.
Read the next stanza 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.
In stanza 2 of “Daffodils”, • Highlight the verbs. • Circle the verbs which display a feeling. • Think: Together, how do these verbs impact the overall feeling?
In the stanza below from “D.C.”, change two boring verbs to strong verbs. I’m not from new york or chicago or baltimore or even hollywood, no none of these cities which I would go see How does changing the verbs impact the feeling?
Change the following common, everyday verbs into stronger verbs: • Listen • Speak • Run • Get
Read “The Snowstorm” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. • Find the strong verbs and determine how the verbs impact the feeling of the poem overall.