Poetry analysis

Quoting an author If you are using words directly from another person's work, you must reference it correctly. You must do this in text and in a bibliography

Quotations match the source word for word are usually a brief segment of the text appear between quotation marks must be attributed to the original source

In text referencing makes use of quotation marks '' and can look something like this. Dickens begins A Tale of Two Cities with the famous line 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of times'.

Punctuation lies outside of the quotation marks, and single ' quotation marks are generally used for short quotations. Double '' marks are used during longer quotations. Quotes can also be referenced in brackets at the end of a quote. For example 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times' (Dickens).

A full reference would include the author, date, and page number A full reference would include the author, date, and page number. It would look something like this Dickens begins A Tale of Two Cities with the famous line, 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of times' (1859, p1).

Bibliography A bibliography is a list of all the sources you have used throughout your essay. A bibliography typically includes the authors name, the title of the work, the date of publication, and the country where it was published. For example Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. (1859), United Kingdom.

Task With a partner, correctly quote Ricciuto's opinion of Eddie Betts Author- Mark Ricciuto Passage- The Crows are a good change of playing finals footy, and could make a real impact. Eddie Betts is the best forward pocket in the game, and one of the major reasons the Crows season has turned around. I can't wait to watch them destroy St Kilda on the weekend.

Result Something along the lines of Former Crows great Mark Ricciuto stated that 'Eddie Betts is the best forward pocket in the game, and one of the major reasons the Crows season has turned around'. It is important to attribute the author, and remember their opinion may not always match yours

Poets construct poems on purpose -Every word and space has meaning -All aspects (parts) of a poem contribute to the meaning -Most poems have several layers to uncover

Island man- Grace Nichols Theme (What is the poem about?) How is this message conveyed? Imagery Structure Poetic Devices

Subtitle (For a Caribbean island man in London who still wakes up to the sound of the sea)

Analysis This is a man who has left the slow paced, relaxed atmosphere in the Caribbean, and has been transplanted into the grimy, busy atmosphere of city life.

First Section- Island Life Morning and island man wakes up to the sound of blue surf in his head the steady breaking and wombing wild seabirds and fishermen pushing out to sea the sun surfacing defiantly from the east of his small emerald island he always comes back groggily groggily

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Second Section- London Comes back to sands of a grey metallic soar to surge of wheels to dull North Circular roar muffling muffling his crumpled pillow waves island man heaves himself Another London day

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