1 / 10

At the Word, Farewell

At the Word, Farewell. Immersion Task. The beauty – the horror – of chance.

vaughan
Download Presentation

At the Word, Farewell

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. At the Word, Farewell Immersion Task

  2. The beauty – the horror – of chance So much in life is down to chance and luck and fortune. The friends you meet; the lovers you have; the jobs you hold; the opportunities that come your way: all of these are dependent on your preparation, yes, and your skills and talents, but ultimately to fortune. One minute earlier, one minute later, and the opportunity could be gone, and that path in your life forever closed. And those friends, those lovers, those jobs, those opportunities – vanished. The detail of our lives are down to chance – and it’s the detail in our lives that give our lives meaning.

  3. What are the key ideas, the themes – what is this poem about? SIFA

  4. The poem is immersed in prose: ie, I’ve written a story and sometimes used my words and sometimes used the words of the poem. Can you tell which of the words and phrases come from Hardy’s poem? Underline them in your text and justify why you think they are “poetic”. What effect do these words have?

  5. Look at Stanza 1: • Why was Hardy attracted to this woman? How does he describe her, and what effect does it have. • Key words: “bird”, “cloud”, “bare-browed” • Effect of contrast with “clammy lawn”, “dim of dawn”

  6. Stanzas 1 and 2: • Define “pathetic fallacy”. Identify where it is used and what effect it has. Is it effective in a poem that talks about the meeting of two lovers? • The dawn is dim and gray and the weather outside is terrible. Underline all the words that suggest such weather. • There is a haunting metaphor about the weather in stanzas 1 and 2 – what is it and why is it there?

  7. Stanzas 2 and 3 • Destiny is a key idea in this poem. Identify the words that suggest Hardy HAD to find this woman and meet her, and that he had no choice or decision about it. • Key words: the plan “ruled us”, “fortune”, esp in contrast to “beginnings so small”, “quicked by a spur”, “bound to obey”

  8. Stanza 4 • How is the excitement and happiness of this meeting suggested in stanza 4? • Key words: “I followed her”, “crimson”, “burned”, “came in together”

  9. The End • Define proleptic marker. How is their ominous foreboding in this poem that all will not end well? • Key words: pathetic fallacy; “crimson”, “burned”, “bare boughs”, speech

More Related