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Introduction to Analysis Introduction to Analysis of…of…

Featuring Nebraskan BardsFeaturing Nebraskan Bards

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OverviewOverview

Dallman Instructional Technology

LensLensGuidelinesGuidelinesFour Poetry Components Four Poetry Components Applications Applications VideoVideoReviewReviewAssignmentsAssignments

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Miss Dallman’s GuidelinesMiss Dallman’s Guidelines

Read Each Poem Several Read Each Poem Several Times Silently and Aloud Times Silently and Aloud

Look for and Record Poem Look for and Record Poem Components in JournalsComponents in Journals

Record Possible Ways and Record Possible Ways and Actual Examples of ApplicationActual Examples of Application

Use Your Lens

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Read Outside of ClassRead Outside of Class

Poetry anthologies are available! Poetry anthologies are available!

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Four Components of Four Components of FocusFocus

Connections to Life Connections to Life

(Interpretations and Rationale)(Interpretations and Rationale)

What about Your Lens? Sound (Enjambment, End-Rhyme, Sound (Enjambment, End-Rhyme,

Half-Rhyme, Assonance, Alliteration) Half-Rhyme, Assonance, Alliteration)

Structure (Line Breaks, Syntax, Structure (Line Breaks, Syntax,

Closed/Open Form) Closed/Open Form)

Lyrics and Language (Word Choice, Lyrics and Language (Word Choice,

Imagery, Region) Imagery, Region)

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Let’s Take Another LookLet’s Take Another Look

5-30-07 Information is used for educational purposes: http://www.bedfordsmartins.com/litlinks/poetry/readpoet.htm

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Lyrics and Language-Lyrics and Language-SpeakerSpeaker

Who is the speaker? Who is the speaker? Is the speaker addressing a Is the speaker addressing a

particular person?particular person? What vocabulary does the What vocabulary does the

speaker employ?speaker employ? What is the speaker’s point What is the speaker’s point

of view? of view?

Click on Willa Cather!

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Lyrics and Language- Lyrics and Language- ImageryImagery What similes and What similes and

metaphors are metaphors are used?used?

Symbolism?Symbolism? Is there a pattern?Is there a pattern? Personification? Personification? Does the poem Does the poem

have a setting?have a setting? Click on the picture or potential setting!

5-30-07 Cather, Willa. April Twilights. Boston: Richard G Badger The Gorham Press, 1903.

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Application Lyrics/LanguageApplication Lyrics/Language

A crimson fire that vanquishes the stars;A crimson fire that vanquishes the stars;A pungent odor from the dusty sage; A pungent odor from the dusty sage; A sudden stirring of the huddled herds; A sudden stirring of the huddled herds; A breaking of the distant table-lands A breaking of the distant table-lands Through purple mists ascending, and the flare Through purple mists ascending, and the flare Of water ditches silver in the light; Of water ditches silver in the light; A swift, bright lance hurled low across the A swift, bright lance hurled low across the

world; world; A sudden sickness for the hills of home.A sudden sickness for the hills of home.

- “Prairie Dawn” by Willa - “Prairie Dawn” by Willa CatherCather

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Application Application Lyrics/LanguageLyrics/Language

Use Journals to Use Journals to

Brainstorm/RecordBrainstorm/Record

Group SecretaryGroup Secretary

Share IdeasShare Ideas

Large Group Large Group

DiscussionDiscussion

Take NotesTake Notes

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Structure or Form Structure or Form

Closed vs. Open FormClosed vs. Open FormNarrative vs. LyricNarrative vs. LyricFormal and ThematicFormal and ThematicVisual or Concrete Visual or Concrete PoetryPoetryInternal Organization Internal Organization Rhyme SchemeRhyme Scheme

Click on the picture for additional examples of creative poetry.

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Application Structure- Application Structure- KooserKooser

Telephone wires whineTelephone wires whinein the claws of red-tailed hawks-in the claws of red-tailed hawks-frightened mice screamingfrightened mice screaming -”Haiku for Nebraskans” by -”Haiku for Nebraskans” by Ted Kooser

Kooser, Ted. Kooser, Ted. Official Entry Blank. Official Entry Blank. Lincoln, NE: Lincoln, NE: University ofNebraska Press, 1969. 1969.

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Application Structure- Application Structure- KooserKooser

you’dyou’d let melet me

wouldwouldyou ifyou if II

couldcouldHe saidHe said

you’d you’d let melet me

goodgoodHe saidHe said

you wouldyou would

-”He Said” by -”He Said” by Ted Kooser Kooser, Ted. Kooser, Ted. Official Entry Blank. Official Entry Blank. Lincoln, NE: Lincoln, NE: University of

Nebraska Press, 1969.1969.

5-30-07 Information is used for educational purposes: http://vccslitonline.cc.va.us/ReadingPoetry/whatsina.htm

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Application Structure Application Structure Activity Activity

Closed-form Open-form

5-30-07 Information is used for educational purposes: http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/terminology.cfm#haiku

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Sound-RhymeSound-Rhyme Rhyme Initial-Half-EndInitial-Half-End BrokenBroken VowelVowel EyeEye Feminine, Feminine,

MasculineMasculine SyntheticSynthetic RichRich MonorhymeMonorhyme

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Sound-RhythmSound-Rhythm Rhythm-MeterRhythm-Meter IambicIambic TrochaicTrochaic AnapesticAnapestic DactylicDactylic AmphimacicAmphimacic

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Listening ActivityListening Activityanywhere. Someone more beautiful follows with eyes the color of caramel, the color of denim, cornflower, topsoil, overtone of carmine, new leaf, hair the color of bittersweet, patent leather. Over your shoulder should you choose to look she lolls on the grass sunning, her tongue on loose, her eyes closed, no wrinkles shouting age age at the corners. Bow to her. Whisper, "nice day" whisper "milady brown tree' say "love me love me" and see how her shoulder dips to you, all the sudden hollows filling with silver wide eye flicking open then shutting askew on one color, your color: a sliver of bone a sluice of water, running.

-”Look” by Hilda RazRaz, Hilda. What is Good. Winnetka, IL: Thorntree Press, 1989.

Do you want to hear another example? CLICK HERE

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Follow-up Follow-up Discussion/JournalDiscussion/Journal

How does the poem’s sound contribute How does the poem’s sound contribute

to its meaning?to its meaning? How does enjambment affect sound? How does enjambment affect sound? How can poetry be viewed as a form of How can poetry be viewed as a form of

music?music? What are some characteristics of sound What are some characteristics of sound

poetry? poetry?

Click on Nebraska poet and professor of poetry Don Welch to hear additional poetry readings.

5-30-07 Information is used for educational purposes: Hall, Donald E. Literary and Cultural Theory. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2001., http://www.brocku.ca/english/jlye/criticalreading.html#pstructure

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Personal Connections Personal Connections

Reader ResponseReader Response Reception AestheticsReception Aesthetics Qualities of ReaderQualities of Reader Historical and Historical and

Cultural DistanceCultural Distance World-view and World-view and

Ideology(ies)Ideology(ies)

5-30-07 Readence, John, Thomas Bean, and R. Scott Baldwin. Content Area Literacy: An Integrated Approach. 8th Ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 2004.

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BioPoem- Line by Line BioPoem- Line by Line 1. First Name2. Four Traits3. Relative of4. Lover of (3 things or people)5. Who feels (3 items)6. Who needs (3 things)7. Who fears (3 things)8. Who gives (3 things)9. Who would like to see (3 items)10. Resident of 11. Last name

5-30-07 Information is used for educational purposes: http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/critiquing.html

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Poetry for “Class Slam”Poetry for “Class Slam”

Title Subject Shape Tone Word Choice Imagery Sound? Overall Impression Click on SLAM for a review of

presentation tips.

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Professional Pair in Professional Pair in NebraskaNebraska Matt Mason Sarah McKinstry-Brown

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Click on the video to watch and learn from Matt Mason.

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Youth Poetry SlamsYouth Poetry Slams

http://www.youthspeaks.org/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=GMAJ2ekvptw http://www.poetryslaminc.com/ http://www.txywc.org/ https://app.creativecommunity.sg/

LearningBriefs/NationalYouthPoetrySlamCompetition/tabid/119/Default.aspx

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Review ActivityReview Activity

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AssignmentsAssignments Due at the end of the class period. Journal Recording Components Journal Recording Lyrics/Language Activity Due at the beginning of the next period. Biopoem Review Activity (Poem of Your Choice) Due within three days of lesson completion. Poetry Slam (First Draft of Poem) I-Charts (Four Components, Poetry Slams)

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Lyrics/Language $100Lyrics/Language $100

Name and define three examples of imagery.

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Structure $100Structure $100

Name two differences between open and closed form poetry.

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Answer Lyrics/Language Answer Lyrics/Language $100 $100 Variety of Possible Answers A simile compares two different things,

using the words "as," "like," or "than." A metaphor is an implied comparison

stating the resemblance between two things.

Personification gives human traits to animals, nonhuman beings, or inanimate objects.

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Answer Structure $100Answer Structure $100 Variety of Possible Answers Closed-form poetry has a set structure

and often relies on rhyme. Some examples include haikus, odes, and sonnets.

Open-form poetry does not have a set structure and often has line breaks for emphasis, rather than rhyme. It is also called free verse.