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DEAD POETS SOCIETY
Poetic Genre
4/30/2015
The movie Dead Poets Society (1989) was inspired by the unconventional teaching style of the now retired Samuel F. Pickering , a writer and former professor of English at the University of Connecticut.
Poetry Through The Ages
Notes: Genre and ExamplesPoetry Journal Instructions10-Step Poetry Analysis GuideSAMPLE: A Red, Red, Rose (Poem #1)Matching Vocabulary ReferenceCollection of Poems (#2-#5)Song Analysis InformationSong Analysis SAMPLE: Text Only
PowerPoint sample available.English 12A Senior Schedule
INTRODUCTION
Poems can be categorized by structure or content.
Specific structure is known as closed form; no specific structure is known as open form (also known as free verse).
THREE GENERAL POETIC GENRES
1. Epic & Narrative: Definition: Tells a story (plot)
Example: The Canterbury Tales
2. Dramatic: Addresses a listener (play)
Example: Hamlet
THREE GENERAL POETIC GENRES
3. Lyric(al): Expresses feeling or emotion (like a song)Example: “The Funeral Blues” (Morrie)
TWO SPECIFIC POETIC GENRES
4. Ballad: song that tells a storyExample: “Lord Randall” (MLA)
5. Elegy: funeral poemExample: Beowulf
ANALYSIS
Literal Analysis: Translation; denotation & structure.
Figurative Analysis: Deeper meaning; connotation & interpretation.
1. Paraphrase
Stanza 1 (4 lines): My love (girl) is like a beautiful flower and song.
Stanza 2 (4 lines): My love is as strong as your beauty and will last until the seas dry.
Stanza 3 (4 lines): I will love you all of my life while the rocks melt and time passes.
Stanza 4 (4 lines): I will return to you, my love, even if I am 10, 000 miles away.
2. Genre
This is a lyrical poem describing the emotion of a man’s love and farewell.
REFERENCE NOTES FOR GENRE.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read directions in the 10-Step Analysis Guide2. Answer question(s) according to instructions.3. 3. Check with Mrs. Moore before writing on
the board.1. Write on a bigger piece of paper if needed. TURN IN!
4. Write on the board 1. LEFT: Steps 1-2.2. RIGHT: Steps 3-53. POWERPOINT: Steps 6-10.
5. Write down the answers as a sample.
3. Structure
A. This poem is four stanzas of four lines each. B. Each stanza is one sentence developing the lover’s feelings until the final one. The last stanza contains four short sentences signifying the shortened time spent together.
4. Point of View & Tense
The poem is mainly written in present tense using first person. This is because the speaker currently feels love, but the tense changes to future when addressing his return.
5. Auditory Elements
A. The rhyme scheme alternates with the second and fourth lines always rhyming.
B. This is very song-like and playful and adds a more joyful tone to the emotion and relationship. The lightness counters the separation suggesting a joyful reunion.
6. Figurative Language
A. The red rose blooming symbolizes love.B. For example, “O my Luve’s like a red,
red rose, /That’s newly sprung in June:”(Burns 1-2).
A. The rocks melting in the sun represent a hyperbole reflecting the speaker’s exaggerated statement of live.
B. For example, “Till’a the seas gang dry, my dear,/And the rocks melt wi’ the sun’ /I will love thee still, my dear “(Burns 9-11).
7. Word Choice
A. Rose: a flower with a sweet smell that is usually white, yellow, or pink and that grows on a bush which has thorns on the stem.
B. A rose typically represents romantic love or a woman’s beauty.
A. Red: having the color of blood.B. Red usually signifies passion relating to
love or anger. It is also the stereotypical color of a beautiful woman’s lips and cheeks.
8. Title
8. The poem’s title emphasized the man’s love and passion for a woman.
9. Theme
9. True love can blossom even through time and distance.
10. Motivation
10. The poet may have had to leave his love in the middle of a romance. He wanted to assure her their love would remain strong even through a separation.
NA RRAT IV E , LYRIC, OR DRA M ATIC
BA LLA D A ND ELEGY FA LL W IT HIN T HESE CATEG ORIES.
F OR EXA M P LE , A BA LLA D CA N B E NA RRAT IV E .
F OR EXA M P LE : A N ELEG Y CA N BE LYRICA L .
Poetic Genre
SAMPLE 1:
That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive. I call
That piece a wonder, now: Frà Pandolf’s hands
Worked busily a day, and there she stands. Will ‘t please you sit and look at her? I said
‘Frà Pandolf’ by design, for never read trangers like you that pictured countenance, The depth and passion of its earnest glance, But to myself they turned (since none puts by
The curtain I have drawn for you, but I)
My Last Duchess: Lucrezia de' Medici
Poison?
Tuberculosis
?By Robert Browning
Sample 2
Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!"Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Battle of Balaclava October 25, 1854
Crimean WarBy Lord Alfred Tennyson
Sample 3
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;Thus mellowed to that tender lightWhich heaven to gaudy day denies.
…And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,A mind at peace with all below,A heart whose love is innocent!
She Walks In Beauty
Widow Anne Beatrix Wilmot-HortonJune 11, 1814
By Lord George Gordon Byron
Instructions
1. Complete Vocabulary Reference (1-20) Literary Elements: Figurative, Auditory, and
Structural
2. Review Song Analysis Project
3. Review English 12A Senior Schedule Tomorrow: Analyze “The Road Not Taken”
4. Review Vocabulary Reference (1-20)
Vocabulary Reference (1-20)
1. C2.G3.L4.N5. J6.P7.O8.B9.R10.E
11. K12. M13. F14. H15. I16. S17. T18. D19. Q20. A
POEMS 1-13
Poetry Review
Poetry Review
1. “O My Luve is Like a Red, Red Rose”
2. “The Prophet”
3. “Charge of the Light Brigade”
A. Dramatic
B. Narrative
C. Lyric
Poetry Review: Positive Themes
1. “O My Luve is Like a Red, Red Rose”
2. “The Prophet”
3. “Charge of the Light Brigade”
A. Great sacrifice is necessary for great reward.
B. There is honor in the attempt of bravery.
C. True love should be forever.
Poetry Review: Negative Themes
1. “O My Luve is Like a Red, Red Rose”
2. “The Prophet”
3. “Charge of the Light Brigade”
A. Arrogance does not replace experience.
B. Failure is as memorable as victory.
C. If it sounds too good to be true, it is.
Structural Poetry
Acrostic Poem: Emphasizes first letter__________________________________
Number Poem: Emphasizes syllable count (career)
Diamante Poem: Emphasizes word count (opposite)
Villanelle Poem: Emphasizes repetition of lines (food)
Acrostic Instructions
Part 1a: Complete as a class. Letters will be assigned to random pairs throughout the
class. Please write down the completed poem by the end of period.
Parts 1b. Complete individually.
M: Mindful and mannerly,E: Entering and extroverted, M:Maybe marvelous and magnificent, E: Educators need to be energetic even when
exhausted.
Other Instructions
Select one of the other structures (number, diamante, or villanelle) to complete individually. HAIKU IS NOT AN OPTION
Staple the poem to the activity sheet to turn in all three (one class/two individual) poems together. Write on the paper if it will fill.
“O My Luve is Like a Red, Red Rose”
Step 3: Analyze and interpret the structure of the poem in two sentences.
Step 5: Analyze and interpret the auditory elements of the poem in two sentences.
Step 10: Create a hypothetical situation explaining the poet’s motivation in one sentence; take into consider the time period.
“The Prophet”
Step 4: In two sentences, identify the relationship between the speaker and the audience (point of view and tense) and explain the significance or impact.
Step 7: Interpret two examples of word choice by contrasting the connotation and denotation in four sentences (two sentences per example).
“Charge of the Light Brigade”
Step 6: Identify and analyze two examples of poem’s figurative language in four sentences (two per example).
Step 8: Interpret the poem’s title in one sentence. How does this add meaning to the poem?
War Allusions? (2 of the 3).
1. “She Walks in Beauty”
2. “O Captain! My Captain!”
3. “The Ballad of William Bloat”
Real People: Widow & President?
1. “She Walks in Beauty”
2. “O Captain! My Captain!”
3. “The Ballad of William Bloat”
Connections to Dead Poets Society
1. “ The Road Not Taken”
2. “The Ballad of William Bloat”’
3. “She Walks in Beauty”
4. “O Captain! My Captain!
A. Unexpected reactions…
B. A leader may fall…
C. Choices will be made…
D. Love will begin at first sight…
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
Poetic Genre
Poetry Review
1. “She Walks in Beauty”
2. “O Captain! My Captain!”
3. “The Ballad of William Bloat”
A. Elegy
B. Ballad
C. Lyric
Themes
1. “She Walks in Beauty”
2. “O Captain! My Captain!”
3. “The Ballad of William Bloat”
A. Victory can come with great loss.
B. What goes around, comes around.
C. Internal beauty can enhance external beauty.
INSTRUCTIONS
Place the poem you want graded on the top. If you have been absent, put those poem(s)
right after the assessment poem.Turn in the entire packet; please staple.Begin the 10-step analysis for the song
presentation.QUIZ (15 points) tomorrow; review the front
of the packet.Dates/times for presentations tomorrow.Report to library 5/23 to print presentation
Period 3 = 110.