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Quick QuizYou may use your notesConversation PieceMore Hidden Meaning:Metaphors S. PlathMetaphorsI'm a riddle in nine syllables,An elephant, a ponderous house,A melon strolling on two tendrils.O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!This loaf's big with its yeasty rising.Money's new-minted in this fat purse.I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf.I've eaten a bag of green apples,Boarded the train there's no getting off.Metaphors S. PlathMetaphor from poemWhat it means; interpretation; guess1I'm a riddle in nine syllables,2A melon strolling on two tendrils.3Money's new-minted in this fat purse4I've eaten a bag of green apples,5O red fruit6a ponderous house,e e cummingsThe entire poem is one metaphor, a leaf falling is lonelinessUse of the letter "L" in lower case, resembles the number one, "a" represents one object, and when two "L"'s join and then separate in the end, it represents the metaphor.The direction of the poem is moving down to show the direction of the leaf falling

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inessHappy Thursday! BW:Working with Diction II Consider: A rowan* like a lipsticked girl. (Seamus Heaney, Song, Field Work)

* a small tree with white flower clusters & orange berries.Discuss: 1) Other than color, what comes to mind when you think of a lipsticked girl?

2) How would it change the meaning and feeling of the line if, instead of lipsticked girl, the author wrote girl with lipstick on?Apply:Create a simile comparing a tree to an animal. In your simile, use a word that is normally used as a noun (like lipstick) as an adjective (like lipsticked).e e cummings"the greedy the people"

This poem deals with nature and religion. "The bell in the steeple" signifies religion, and the words such as moon, stars, sun, earth paint a picture of genesis and purity (the bible). Then Cummings relates it back to people and how "busy" they are all the time because they "sell" and "buy". Cummings personifies the moon, sun, etc. Each stanza ends with a question, although there is no question mark. 1st stanza: essentially people die for religion, or God?

People are greedy and so the church says "why" are you being like that.People are cautious and distrustful: the moon says "who" has created the distrust.People are too busy to interact with one another: the stars peacefully say "be" and relax and take time to enjoy life.The coward people are clever: they wait until the sun comes up and says "now" you may act.People are shy and sensitive: they work and pray for the earth/dirt in order to stay alive. The earth says "may" instead of must - it is the people's choice to work and pray.e e cummingsin Just- Summary Its that day in May when the sun starts shining for the first time in weeks and everybody you know heads out to the park. The storys pretty simple: spring has sprung. Everythings growing and all-around delightful. The kids, in fact, jump for joy when the man selling balloons starts to whistle. Clowns (and other balloon-selling folk) have gotten a bad rap for being scary and creepy, but this guy seems to be all right. At the very least, he gets the kiddies to come running to him.

Why the big fuss about the first day of spring? Well, thats where the magic of this poem takes over. See, E.E. Cummings creates a poem thats half painting and half sound-scape (thats the aural version of a landscape). Chock-full of words like "mud-luscious" and "puddle-wonderful," the poem seems to be bursting with descriptions of the way that a spring day in the park looks and feels and sounds and smells. And because the poem repeats itself several times (in fancy technical terms, wed call that a "refrain,") it emphasizes the way that all the tiny details of the poem actually contribute to one overarching image: the park in spring.e e cummingsif everything happens that can't be done Summary

Our speaker starts off questioning the intelligence of books and teachers, introducing the gleeful language that runs throughout the poem. We're on shaky ground here, grammar-wise, but we're up for the challenge.

Then the poem moves on to a discussion of what "one" is, and plays with language a bit. It breaks down boundaries between the large and small parts of our world, and continues to question the ability of books to describe the world. That's when we start getting into the meat of the impossible happening, when the poem claims that "forever was never till now." Minds? Blown.

The speaker then get an idea of where this exhilarated mood might come from. Yep, our speaker is in love. He describes this love as greater than books, or really anyone, can describe. Sounds about right.Carpe Diem Poems Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. Mother TeresaWake up and live Bob MarleyThe purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. Eleanor RooseveltNothing is worth more than this day. Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDon't count the days, make the days count. Muhammad AliWhen you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ... Marcus AureliusTo The Virgins, To Make Much of Time-R. HerrickGather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting,The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting.

That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former.

Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime You may for ever tarry.Time-Pink FloydTicking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way. Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain. You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. And then one day you find ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older, Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time. Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time is gone, the song is over, Thought I'd something more to say

Carpe Diem PoemsComplete the remaining two poems in the packet.

Turn-in when done!

Tomorrow: * Vocab 5:6 Test * Novel day #2 * SRT & End of 5th marking period

Poetic InterpretationIn a complete paragraph, answer the following prompt:

Each poem can be classified as a Carpe Diem poem. Choose the poem that you feel best captures the idea to seize the day. In a complete paragraph explain why you chose this poem and cite two lines to support your assertion.Poetic Copy ChangeChoose ONE of the poems from the list provided and pull it our of your notebook.

Mimic the EXACT same FORMAT of the poem, inserting your own ideas and words (20 points)

Illustrate your poem creatively (drawings, magazine pictures, etc.) (5 points)

Present to the class for E.C. (5 points)Poem Choices

Nothing Gold Can Stay R. Frost

Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening R. Frost

Metaphors- S. Plath

Dream Deferred-L. Hughes

Any e e cummings poem

Happy Friday! Please look over your suffixes for the quiz:Novel Day #2Directions:

Using the post-it notes given to you, take active reading notes as your read through your novel.

Record the Journal Question when posted

Respond to the JQ in the space provided.CharactersSettingLiterary DevicesImportant QuotationsMotifsConflictsPlotTheme POVAuthors styleSymbolsForeshadowing

Novel Day #2Journal Question:

What conflicts have your characters experienced so far in your story?

In your response, cite the specific conflicts, state how they affected your characters, their intended purpose and your interpretation of the conflicts.TimePink FloydPink FloydDark Side of the Moon (Remastered)2003-03-01T08:00:00Zbrandt24@hotmail.com Digital Remaster (P) 2003 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd2009-03-01 01:12:47