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Free Verse. “ I Hear America Singing ” – Walt Whitman “ I, Too ” – Langston Hughes Page 671 - 672. Need help?. Stay after school today or tomorrow Come to lunch on Wednesday. Learning Target.
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Free Verse “I Hear America Singing” – Walt Whitman “I, Too” – Langston Hughes Page 671 - 672
Need help? • Stay after school today or tomorrow • Come to lunch on Wednesday
Learning Target • Analyze characteristics of different forms of poetry (ex. Narrative, Ballad, Lyric, Elegy, and Free Verse) • Analyze how meaning is conveyed in poetry through word choices, allusion, poetic devices (rhyme, rhythm, repetition, refrain) and figurative language. • TSWBAT analyze two poems by looking for the elements of poetry.
Type of Poem: Free Verse • Does not follow a rhyme scheme or meter. • Use poetic elements to create a sense of balance. • Walt Whitman was the first to use free verse – it was controversial. • Many people today write in free verse.
After we read together, with your neighbor discuss the following and record in your notes: • “I Hear America Singing” Page 671 • Find two poetic elements (look in your notes!) that Whitman uses to create balance and measure in the poem. Define them and give examples where they’re used. • What is this poem about?
Go to my website • Open up these notes in Keynote • Follow along
Answer the following questions in your notes for“I, Too” by Langston Hughes page 672 –Analyze the diction of“I, Too”: what do you think the strongest words are? • “I, Too”was written in response to“I Hear America Singing.” What is Hughe’s purpose in writing the poem? • Pick a poetic element in “I, Too.” Define it, give an example of where it’s used. • Pick a poetic element in “I, Too.” Define it, give an example of where it’s used.
Fame is a bee. (1788) By Emily Dickinson Fame is a bee. It has a song— It has a sting— Ah, too, it has a wing. • What is this poem about? (I’ll give you a hint. It isn’t pictured here.) • Define metaphor. What two things are being compared? • What is being personified in this poem? • What is the author’s message in this poem?