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CHAPTER 7
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• Sentences are divided into lines. Sometimes lines are grouped into stanzasstanzas.
• The sounds and sequence of words produce a musical effect.
• Descriptive language, both literal and figurative, creates emotional images.
• The tone reveals the speaker’s feelings and attitudes about a subject.
• The subjects include both serious and ordinary topics.
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Poetry Poetry is a form of writing used to convey emotional truths.
• Read the poem several times to get accustomed to the poet’s style.
• Look up unfamiliar words, places, or people in a dictionary or an encyclopedia.
• Read the poem slowly. Notice where sentences begin and end.
• Apply what you already understand about part of the poem to the parts that seem more difficult.
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Below are some suggestions for reading poetry:
• Read the poem aloud. Listen to the sound and the rhythm of the words.
• Pay attention to the title for clues about the topic and the theme.
• Identify the speaker of the poem.• Grasp the literal meaning of the
poem. Infer the suggested meaning if there is one.
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Below are some suggestions for reading poetry:
• Poetic language often appeals to the senses.• Poets use literal and figurative language.• Literal descriptions can help you visualize
the physical appearance of a person, place, or thing. The central purpose of purely descriptive poetry is to help you “see” a detailed image.
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On a flat road runs the well-trained runner;On a flat road runs the well-trained runner;He is lean and sinewy, with muscular legs;He is lean and sinewy, with muscular legs;He is thinly clothed—he leans forward as he He is thinly clothed—he leans forward as he runs,runs,With lightly closed fists, and arms partially With lightly closed fists, and arms partially rais’d.rais’d.
——Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman
• A similesimile is a comparison using the word like or as.
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Figurative language describes observations, ideas, and feelings:
O, my luve is O, my luve is likelike a red, red a red, red roserose
——Robert BurnsRobert BurnsTwo socks Two socks asas soft soft asas rabbitsrabbits
——Pablo NerudaPablo Neruda
• A metaphormetaphor is an implied comparison in which the poet states that something is something else.
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Figurative language describes observations, ideas, and feelings:
YouYou ain’t nothin’ but a ain’t nothin’ but a hound hound dogdog,,Cryin’ all the time.Cryin’ all the time.
——Elvis PresleyElvis Presley
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• Personification Personification represents nonliving things as humans or animals.
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Figurative language describes observations, ideas, and feelings:
The The SunSun woke me up this morning woke me up this morning loud and clear, saying “Hey I’ve been loud and clear, saying “Hey I’ve been trying to wake you up for fifteentrying to wake you up for fifteenminutes . . . .”minutes . . . .”
——Frank O’HaraFrank O’Hara
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Poets portray a wide variety of subjects, from the tragic to the humorous, from the unusual to the ordinary.
Family Family relationshipsrelationships
MemoriesMemories A person’s A person’s workwork
LoveLove
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THE THE ENDENDPractice the skills you learned in this chapter by
taking the Chapter Review QuizChapter Review Quiz or the GED GED Practice QuizPractice Quiz.