theodore roethke (1908-1963). doyle thibert elegy for jane jeff carman the far field i knew a woman
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Theodore Roethke
(1908-1963)
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Doyle ThibertElegy for Jane
JeffCarman
AnitaKautz
The Far Field
I Knew A Woman
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How to read literatureAnd Why it is important.
Illustrating the impact of the literature on culture, society, and the individual.
• Figurative Language
• Structure• Who is the speaker• Diction • Imagery• Other Aural and
Visual Details
• Archetypes • Symbolism• Metaphor• Influence• Personification• Why
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The Far Field
(1964)
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1. How to read literature
OFigurative languageO The use of words that go beyond
their ordinary meaning. It requires you to use your imagination to figure out the author's meaning.
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Structure
O What kind of figurative language is the poem using—for example,
O simile, metonymy, hyperbole, apostrophe, or conceit? What about symbolism or literary
O allusions?
O Other aural and visual details: What about punctuation? When read aloud, do the
O sounds of the words contribute to the poem’s meaning?
O Literary devices:
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Who is the speaker?
O What is the structure of the poem? Two of the most important features to note here are
O stanza and meter form.O What, primarily, is the
poem about, and how do you know that?
O Does the poem fall into an identifiable subgenre—for example, is it a sonnet, ballad,
O haiku, or dramatic monologue?
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Diction (word choice):
O Why has the poet chosen these particular words?
O What words might have used instead, and why were they rejected in favor of others?
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Imagery:
O What images does the poem evoke?
O How are they evoked?
O How has the poet placed them?
O How do different images connect or contrast with one another?
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Other aural and visual details:
O What about punctuation?O When read aloud, do theO sounds of the words contribute to
the poem’s meaning?
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Archetypes. (also called prototype)
O The original model or pattern from which copies are made or from which something develops.
O It is also a symbol, theme, setting, or character that is thought to have some universal meaning and recurs in different times and places in myth, literature, folklore, dreams, and rituals.
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Symbolism: O 1. The practice of representing things by means of
symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships.
O 2. A system of symbols or representations.
O 3. A symbolic meaning or representation.
O 4. Revelation or suggestion of intangible conditions or truths by artistic invention.
O 5. Symbolism The movement, theory, or practice of the late 19th-century Symbolists.
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Metaphor: O A figure of speech in which an
implicit comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common.
O "The [first thing] is a [second thing].“example: Her home was a prison.
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Influence: O A power affecting a person, thing, or
course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort:
O Most poems or poets derive from influence, even their own.
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PersonificationO A figure of speech in which an
inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.
O Examples: The radio sprang to life at the touch of a button.
The wind whispered softly in the night.
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Why Should we read?
O · The United States ranks fifth on adult literacy skills when compared to other industrialized nations.
O Adult low literacy can be connected to almost every socio-economic issue in the United States:
O More than 65 percent of all state and federal corrections inmates can be classified as low literate.
O Low health literacy costs between $106 billion and $236 billion each year in the U.S.
O Seventy-seven million Americans have only a 2-in-3 chance of correctly reading an over-the-counter drug label or understanding their child's vaccination chart.
O Low literacy’s effects cost the U.S. $225 billion or more each year in non-productivity in the workforce, crime, and loss of tax revenue due to unemployment.
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Demonstrating an understanding and appreciation for one major writer, work,
genre, literary theory, or literary movementIs not hard when you follow these steps.
The End
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