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Poetry “Wheel”

Poetry “Wheel”. Notes before we begin:. Refer to any author by his or her last name The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet A poem that tells a story is a “narrative poem”. Content. Style. The “wheel”. Title/Theme/Context.

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Poetry “Wheel”

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  1. Poetry “Wheel”

  2. Notes before we begin: • Refer to any author by his or her last name • The speaker isn’t necessarily the poet • A poem that tells a story is a “narrative poem”

  3. Content

  4. Style

  5. The “wheel”

  6. Title/Theme/Context • Title - Literal or symbolic? Suggested meanings? Length, punctuation, capitalization • Theme • How not to state a theme: • “The theme of this poem deals with a character who is destroyed by money.” • “This poem is about human desires.” • How to state a theme: • “Vice seems more interesting than virtue but turns out to be destructive.” • “the vanity of human desires” • Context • Relevance of context? Effect on theme? • Effect on conventions of genre? (i.e. Shakespeare didn’t write in free verse)

  7. Speaker/PoV and Audience • The poet or a specific persona? • PoV? • What assumptions can you make about the speaker? • age, gender, class, emotional state, etc. • Relevant to poem’s content? • Identified audience? • Language influenced by audience?

  8. Diction • Classify and explain: • denotative vs. connotative (dead vs. passed away) • concrete vs. abstract • monosyllabic vs. polysyllabic • positive vs. negative (slender vs. skinny, determined vs. stubborn) • colloquial (dialect) / informal / formal • cacophonous vs. euphonious • Repeated words?

  9. Form/Structure • form correspond to theme? • follow a formal poetic structure (i.e. sonnet, haiku, blues poem, etc.)? • If so, what are the characteristics of that form? How does it deviate from that form? • divided into stanzas? any reason stanza breaks? • stanzas and lines consistently the same length? follow a particular pattern? any stanzas, lines, or words that diverge from the pattern?

  10. Syntax • Enjambment or end-stopped lines? Effects of this? • Caesura? Effects? • Use of punctuation – effects on pacing? • Uncommon fonts? Bolded? Italicized? Why? • Active or passive sentences? • Consistent verb tense? • complete sentences, fragments, or combination of both? pattern? • word order natural or grammatically irregular?

  11. Imagery • literal or figurative? abstract or concrete? sensory experiences evoked? repeated images? • Figurative Language • simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, metonymy, synecdoche, understatement • comparisons express images or abstract ideas? • effect on tone and theme? • Symbolism? recurring?

  12. Sound • Identifiable rhythm? Syllables in each line? Pattern? Stressed or unstressed syllables? • Alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia? How do these enhance rhythm and musicality? • Identifiable rhyme scheme? Results? • Consistent or inconsistent? • What kind (exact, etc.)? Effects?

  13. Irony/Allusion • Irony • Does irony reveal or hide anything? • Paradox? Oxymoron? (insert “you’re an oxymoron” joke here) • Allusion (You absolutely need to know these before the IOC! Maybe a surprise quiz (that was just announced in advance)?) • Are there any? What are they? Effects? • Similarity of reference? Effects?

  14. Tone • Is the tone positive or negative? What are the words that describe it most accurately? • Does the tone change as the poem progresses? Is it consistent at the beginning and ending of the poem? • How do literary devices influence tone?

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