Sonnets

“Death of a Ball Turret Gunner” by Randall Jarrell, Copy the poem into your notebook From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze. Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life, I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters. When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose. 2. In the poem’s last line, to whom does the pronoun “they” refer? Why do you think the poet used a pronoun here instead of a noun to refer to this group of people? 3. Do you think Jarrell made the right choice regarding POV in this poem? Why?

“Death of a Ball Turret Gunner” by Randell Jarrell, Poetic Technique: POV 1.Is this poem’s POV more or less complex than Owen’s poem? Does the POV change throughout the poem? 2.In the poem’s last line, to whom does the pronoun “they” refer? Why do you think the poet used a pronoun here instead of a noun to refer to this group of people? 3.Do you think Jarrell made the right choice regarding POV in this poem? Why?

Review: POV Yeats, like Eliot, is considered a modernist— dealing with fragmentation, alienation, and annihilation. Written soon after WW1 – 1919– the poem uses specific imagery to describe post-war Europe. – 1. Annotate the poem using the following techniques: 1 question, id and look up words you don’t know, punctuation, imagery – 2. How does Yeats use these poetic devices to convey meaning?

“Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen Is this an anti-war poem? Why or why not? What textual evidence can you find to support your claim. Find specific lines, words, or phrases to use as evidence. Thesis: Owen’s poem is/is not an anti-war poem as evidenced by…

Sonnets: Objectives 1. Define sonnet 2. Identify different forms 3. Evaluate sonnets using poetic techniques 4. Annotate and paraphrase sonnets 5. Write a sonnet

Sonnets 1. Review sonnet information from packet pg Annotate sonnet using guidelines from white board. 3. If time, begin answering questions about sonnets on pg. 16

Poetic element: Volta What is a volta? Essential element of the sonnet It is here that the 2 nd idea is introduced The “turning point” Alters the poem’s meaning in some way Can be a line beginning with “but,” “yet,” or “and yet” Occurs between the octave and sestet in Italian sonnets and before the final couplet in Shakepearean or English sonnets