Agenda for October 26, 2010 Listen to “The Cremation of Sam McGee” First Stanza: identify internal rhyme, rhyme scheme, meter, alliteration, and figurative language. Analyze the rest of the poem to find internal rhyme, rhyme scheme, meter, alliteration, and figurative language. HOMEWORK: Finish analyzing the poem. Warm Up: Determine the sentence structure and find the homonyms: Don’t spend your time trying to avoid work; it’s much better to dig in and get it done.

“The Cremation of Sam McGee” Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee, where the cotton blooms and blows. Why he left his home in the South to roam ‘round the Pole, God only knows. He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell; Though he’d often say in his homely way that “he’d sooner live in hell.” STANZA

“The Cremation of Sam McGee” Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee, where the cotton blooms and blows. Why he left his home in the South to roam ‘round the Pole, God only knows. He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell; Though he’d often say in his homely way that “he’d sooner live in hell.” VERSE

“The Cremation of Sam McGee” Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee, where the cotton blooms and blows. Why he left his home in the South to roam ‘round the Pole, God only knows. He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell; Though he’d often say in his homely way that “he’d sooner live in hell.” INTERNAL RHYME

“The Cremation of Sam McGee” Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee, where the cotton blooms and blows. a Why he left his home in the South to roam ‘round the Pole, God only knows. a He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell; b Though he’d often say in his homely way that “he’d sooner live in hell.” b END RHYME AND RHYME SCHEME ALL LINES IN THE POEM WHICH END WITH THE SAME RHYME SOUND GET THE SAME LETTER.

“The Cremation of Sam McGee” Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee, where the cotton blooms and blows. Why he left his home in the South to roam ‘round the Pole, God only knows. He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell; Though he’d often say in his homely way that “he’d sooner live in hell.” ALLITERATION

“The Cremation of Sam McGee” Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee, where the cotton blooms and blows. Why he left his home in the South to roam ‘round the Pole, God only knows. He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell; Though he’d often say in his homely way that “he’d sooner live in hell.” METAPHOR SIMILE

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE LOOK FOR –SIMILIE –METAPHOR –PERSONIFICATION –HYPEROBLE