Sophomores Quarter 2 Week 7

Get out slam Poetry paper from Thursday: Exam Result Clip I was Mistaken for a Girl Cuz He is black 21 For each poem: Score them on the performance Identify the theme evidence Figure out the overall tone with textual evidence

Poetry Project tasks: Step One: You should have a poem picked and printed Step Two: You need to annotate your poem Number the lines Find the literary devices (similes, metaphors, repetition, etc.) Write one sentence summaries for each stanza

Model Annotations: A love poem; a girl is excited to kiss him Jenny Kiss’d Me BY LEIGH HUNT 1 Jenny kiss’d me when we met, a 2 Jumping from the chair she sat in; b 3 Time, you thief, who love to get a 4 Sweets into your list, put that in! b 5 Say I’m weary, say I’m sad, c 6 Say that health and wealth have miss’d me, d 7 Say I’m growing old, but add, c 8 Jenny kiss’d me. d A love poem; a girl is excited to kiss him Literary Devices: Rhyme scheme Personification of time Developing tone Personifying time– implying it steals your memories He is now tired, sick and old. He has nothing to show in life except the fact Jenny kissed him.

Step Three: Identifying Tone and Message Jenny Kiss’d Me BY LEIGH HUNT 1 Jenny kiss’d me when we met,  2 Jumping from the chair she sat in;  3 Time, you thief, who love to get  4 Sweets into your list, put that in!  5 Say I’m weary, say I’m sad,  6 Say that health and wealth have miss’d me,  7 Say I’m growing old, but add,  8 Jenny kiss’d me.  Lines 1-2: Joyous tone (showing how much love and excitement they felt) Lines 5-6: Depressed or bitter tone because life didn’t work out how he wanted Line 8: Sentimental tone showing how her kiss gave his life meaning

Tuesday

Text Says Tuesday Watch the following Slam Poem: “I Just Sued the School System” Identify the theme or message Explain the tone Rate the overall performance and content of the poem

Step Three: Analytical Paragraph Hunt develops different tones over the course of his short poem, “Jenny Kissed Me” to convey the message that love can give meaning to life. He begins his poem with a joyous tone showing the love that the couple shares. The girl, Jenny, is “jumping from the chair she sat in” (2) to kiss the speaker. Quickly however, the tone turns depressing and somber as life catches up to the speaker and he realizes he is old, sick, and poor. He laments that “that health and wealth have miss’d [him]” (6) implying that life has not been kind to him. The poem ends with a sentimental tone when he states, “say I’m growing old, but add, Jenny kiss’d me” (7-8). This last line creates the impression that nothing good happened in his life beside the simple fact that Jenny kissed him. This is showing how romantic he is and that love is meaningful.

Step Four Google Search Your Author Leigh Hunt Key Facts: born October 19, 1784, Southgate, Middlesex, England—died August 28, 1859, Putney, London) English essayist, critic, journalist, and poet, who was an editor of influential journals in an age when the periodical was at the height of its power. Hunt’s poems, of which “Abou Ben Adhem” and his rondeau “Jenny Kissed Me” (both first published in 1838) are probably the best known, reflect his knowledge of French and Italian versification. His defense of Keats’s work in the Examiner (June 1817) as “poetry for its own sake” was an important anticipation of the views of the Aesthetic movement. The poem is semi-autobiographical. Leigh Hunt had been seriously ill with influenza; upon visiting his friends Thomas Carlyle and his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle (nicknamed "Jenny"), she jumped up and kissed him. Leigh Hunt wrote the poem as a tribute. 

Ethos Paragraph: Remember to link the author’s life to specific lines of the poem Leigh Hunt was a poet during the 1800’s thus it is amazing that we are still reading and discussing his poems. His ethos has stood the test of time– proving that he must be taken seriously as a poet. Hunt wrote “Jenny Kiss’d Me” as a semi-autobiographical poem after suffering from influenza and having his friend Jane Welsh Carlyle (nicknamed "Jenny") jump up to kiss him when he announced his recovery. This backstory although not the romantic version first invoked from the short poem has the same emotional connotation. The best part of this seemingly simply poem is the powerful emotional connection we feel between Jenny and him. When Hunt writes, “Jumping from the chair she sat in” (2), the reader can imagine the pure joy and excitement. Hunt purposefully has her “jump” instead of rise or walk over– the verb jump proves the excitement Jenny felt. It is in that sweet moment that all readers relate to Hunt and imagine their own love.

Step Five: Audience Who is the specific audience of this poem? Who was the author trying to reach with his/her message? The audience is people who have not been as successful in life as they hoped, but have love in their lives. Words: Analysis: “jumped” (2) Showing Jenny’s uninhibited joy at seeing her love and wanting to show him affection. This is the happiest part of the poem (and the speaker’s life). “weary”/”sad” (5) Showing his life is depressing– he is both tired and sad. This is showing perhaps life did not work out how the speaker envisioned. “growing old” (7) Showing that he is getting older– he is speaking these words of wisdom after living a long life.

Step Five: Audience Paragraph When writing “Jenny Kissed Me,” Hunt was targeting people who have suffered in life but still have love. He is trying to show that love adds meaning to life regardless of the amount of money or success earned. Hunt’s short, but sentimental poem conveys a sense that even if life didn’t work out how he wanted, his relationship with Jenny adds meaning and happiness to his life. This message isn’t conveyed until his last line, when he emphasizes the fact that “Jenny kissed me” (8). This simple kiss symbolizes the love he shared with Jenny and how as he ages and realizes his lack of wealth, the one true memory of his life is being with Jenny and the love that they shared.