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History Lesson

History Lesson . By: Nasir Tucker. Background Information. Natasha Trethewey was Born in Gulfport, Mississippi. Studied English at the University of Georgia. Earned an MA in English and creative writing from Hollins University. In 2008 she was named Georgia Woman of the Year.

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History Lesson

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  1. History Lesson By: Nasir Tucker

  2. Background Information Natasha Trethewey was Born in Gulfport, Mississippi. Studied English at the University of Georgia. Earned an MA in English and creative writing from Hollins University. In 2008 she was named Georgia Woman of the Year. In 2012 she was named Poet Laureate of the state of Mississippi and the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States. 

  3. “History Lesson” by: Natasha I am four in this photograph, standing    on a wide strip of Mississippi beach,    my hands on the flowered hips • Poetic Terms • Imagery • Personification • Tone • Simile • Structure • 17 Lines • 6 Stanzas • Free Verse • Ballad Poem’s Speaker: A little girl of a bright bikini. My toes dig in,    curl around wet sand. The sun cuts    the rippling Gulf in flashes with each tidal rush. Minnows dart at my feet glinting like switchblades. I am alone except for my grandmother, other side    of the camera, telling me how to pose.    It is 1970, two years after they opened    the rest of this beach to us,    forty years since the photograph    where she stood on a narrow plot    of sand marked colored, smiling, her hands on the flowered hips    of a cotton meal-sack dress.

  4. Imagery Imagery: The pattern of related comparative aspects of language, particularly of images, in a literary work. • Why the Speaker uses it: The speaker uses imagery in the poem to give the readers • a specific picture of the environment and surroundings of the area. I am four in this photograph, standing    on a wide strip of Mississippi beach,    my hands on the flowered hips of a bright bikini. My toes dig in,    curl around wet sand. The sun cuts    the rippling Gulf in flashes with each tidal rush. Minnows dart at my feet glinting like switchblades. I am alone except for my grandmother, other side of the camera, telling me how to pose.    It is 1970, two years after they opened    the rest of this beach to us,  forty years since the photograph   , where she stood on a narrow plot    of sand marked colored, smiling, her hands on the flowered hips    of a cotton meal-sack dress.

  5. Personification Personification: The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman. Why the speaker uses it: The speaker uses it to make the story more interesting and increase the mood. I am four in this photograph, standing    on a wide strip of Mississippi beach,    my hands on the flowered hips of a bright bikini. My toes dig in,    curl around wet sand. The sun cuts    the rippling Gulf in flashes with each  tidal rush. Minnows dart at my feet glinting like switchblades. I am alone except for my grandmother, other side of the camera, telling me how to pose.    It is 1970, two years after they opened    the rest of this beach to us, forty years since the photograph    where she stood on a narrow plot    of sand marked colored, smiling, her hands on the flowered hips    of a cotton meal-sack dress.

  6. Tone Tone: The implied attitude of the writer toward the subject and characters of work. Why is it used: Tone generally is used to give an indicate on the writers feelings toward the poem. I am four in this photograph, standing    on a wide strip of Mississippi beach,    my hands on the flowered hips of a bright bikini. My toes dig in,    curl around wet sand. The sun cuts    the rippling Gulf in flashes with each tidal rush. Minnows dart at my feet glinting like switchblades. I am alone except for my grandmother, other side    of the camera, telling me how to pose. It is 1970, two years after they opened    the rest of this beach to us, forty years since the photograph    where she stood on a narrow plot    of sand marked colored, smiling, her hands on the flowered hips    of a cotton meal-sack dress.

  7. Simile Simile: A simile is a comparison between 2 things using like or as Why is it used: A simile is used so readers can understand the writer’s words better and know what she is talking about. I am four in this photograph, standing    on a wide strip of Mississippi beach,    my hands on the flowered hips of a bright bikini. My toes dig in,    curl around wet sand. The sun cuts    the rippling Gulf in flashes with each tidal rush. Minnows dart at my feet glinting like switchblades. I am alone except for my grandmother, other side of the camera, telling me how to pose.    It is 1970, two years after they opened    the rest of this beach to us,    forty years since the photograph    where she stood on a narrow plot    of sand marked colored, smiling, her hands on the flowered hips    of a cotton meal-sack dress.

  8. Literal Meaning Literal Meaning: The base knowledge you receive from a poem when you first read it. Literal Meaning of this poem: A girl is at a beach in Mississippi. I am four in this photograph, standing on a wide strip of Mississippi beach, my hands on the flowered hips of a bright bikini. My toes dig in, curl around wet sand. The sun cuts the rippling Gulf in flashes with each tidal rush. Minnows dart at my feet glinting like switchblades. I am alone except for my grandmother, other side of the camera, telling me how to pose. It is 1970, two years after they opened the rest of this beach to us, forty years since the photograph where she stood on a narrow plot of sand marked colored, smiling, her hands on the flowered hips of a cotton meal-sack dress.

  9. Figurative Meaning Figurative Meaning: It’s the deeper analysis of a poem. Figurative Meaning of This Poem: The figurative meaning of this poem is enjoy the little things in life because tomorrow is never promised I am four in this photograph, standing on a wide strip of Mississippi beach, my hands on the flowered hips of a bright bikini. My toes dig in, curl around wet sand. The sun cuts the rippling Gulf in flashes with each tidal rush. Minnows dart at my feet glinting like switchblades. I am alone except for my grandmother, other side of the camera, telling me how to pose. It is 1970, two years after they opened the rest of this beach to us, forty years since the photograph where she stood on a narrow plot of sand marked colored, smiling, her hands on the flowered hips of a cotton meal-sack dress

  10. Intended Theme The intended theme of this poem is to not let life pass you by. In which, enjoy every little minute of it and never take anything for granted.

  11. Author’s Purpose The author’s purpose of this story is to inform readers about her life as a child. Also, to not let life pass you by.

  12. Sources http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/natasha-trethewey http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176998 http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/poetic_glossary.html

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