USING IMAGERY TO VISUALIZE “THE RED WHEELBARROW” “THE LIGHTENING IS A YELLOW FORK” “MUSIC”

“THE RED WHEELBARROW” BY: WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. Bellwork: Draw a simple sketch of the images you can visualize when reading this poem.

POETRY AND IMAGERY THINK AND SHARE Review: How have we interpreted poetry in the past? What terms did we study? What is imagery? Why do you think authors and poets rely on images? (30 seconds each)

WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Doctor for 40 years Influential American poet Wanted to capture American speech in writing Known for being an Imagist poet Poets who were less rigid in form Poets who relied heavily on images Wrote poetry inspired by paintings

“LANDSCAPE WITH THE FALL OF ICARUS” PIETER BRUEGEL

“THE LIGHTENING IS A YELLOW FORK” BY: EMILY DICKINSON The Lightening is a yellow Fork From Tables in the sky By inadvertent fingers dropt The awful Cutlery Of mansions never quite disclosed And never quite concealed The Apparatus of the Dark To ignorance revealed.

EMILY DICKINSON Poetry and Style Poetry was published after her death Sought to make the abstract concrete through poetry Wrote about nature and misperceptions society could be making Did not title her poems, but numbered them. Well educated but left school because she did not agree with the Calvinistic beliefs of the school she attended Reclusive There is speculation that she suffered from depression, agoraphobia, and/or anxiety