Poetry Analysis See Chapter 7 in Arguing Through Literature English 1302 Ebersbaker See Chapter 7 in Arguing Through Literature
Review of Poetic Elements Sound Patterns Rhyme Alliteration Assonance Consonance Line breaks Syntactic pressure enjambment
Poetic Meter Scansion – marking stressed & unstressed syllables to determine meter 1 metric foot = 2 syllables (dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter) iamb = u / Trochee = / u Spondee = / / Pyrrhic = u u
Methods of Poetry Analysis TPCASTT Title – before you read Paraphrase – line by line literal meaning Connotation – interpret deeper meaning, symbolism, metaphoric content, etc. Attitudes – of speaker, author, characters Shifts – in speaker, attitude, topic Title – after analysis Theme – universal message p. 540 – Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask”
Methods of Poetry Analysis Tone Analysis Tone = attitude Diction = word choice Image = figurative language (metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, symbol, personification, etc.) Detail = specific facts, description Theme = universal message of poem (P. 1088 Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est”) Tone Diction Image Detail Theme
Poetry Exam The poetry exam will be a cold tone analysis essay that you will write in class on April 14 for another 10% of the grade. The poem will be similar to those we will have discussed in class.