LO: To complete some close analysis using the SPIRIT template. SC: 1) I will be able to explain what the poem is about. 2) I can articulate what view the speaker has. 3) I can analyse some key poetic techniques. Conscientious Objector(P34) 1)What are the connotations of the term death? 2) What are the connotations of the term Death? LO: To complete some close analysis using the SPIRIT template. SC: 1) I will be able to explain what the poem is about. 2) I can articulate what view the speaker has. 3) I can analyse some key poetic techniques.

Conscientious Objector

LO: To complete some close analysis using the SPIRIT template. SC: 1) I will be able to explain what the poem is about. 2) I can articulate what view the speaker has. 3) I can analyse some key poetic techniques. Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 – 1950) was an award winning American poet, writer and feminist.

LO: To complete some close analysis using the SPIRIT template. SC: 1) I will be able to explain what the poem is about. 2) I can articulate what view the speaker has. 3) I can analyse some key poetic techniques. The image of Death upon a horse (or the Grim Reaper) stems largely from the Bible. Revelations 6:8 reads, "I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth”. “Death” is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. This image of death (complete with horse) is repeated in the poem we will study today.

LO: To complete some close analysis using the SPIRIT template. SC: 1) I will be able to explain what the poem is about. 2) I can articulate what view the speaker has. 3) I can analyse some key poetic techniques. I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death. I hear him leading his horse out of the stall; hear the clatter on the barn-floor. He is in haste; he has business in Cuba, business in the Balkans, many calls to make this morning. But I will not hold the bridle while he clinches the girth. And he may mount by himself: I will not give him a leg up. In which way is this a pun? “Many calls to make this morning.” Imagery Why is the term death capitalized? What is the effect of this? Imagery What techniqu e is used here.. “I hear him..”? What effect is created? Imagery This is a piece of equipment used to direct a horse. Imagery Pronouns “I” and “He” suggest distance. Imagery How certain is the speaker that they will die? How does this affect the mood of poem? Tone / Voice LO: To complete some close analysis using the SPIRIT template. SC: 1) I will be able to explain what the poem is about. 2) I can articulate what view the speaker has. 3) I can analyse some key poetic techniques.

LO: To complete some close analysis using the SPIRIT template. SC: 1) I will be able to explain what the poem is about. 2) I can articulate what view the speaker has. 3) I can analyse some key poetic techniques. Though he flick my shoulders with his whip, I will not tell him which way the fox ran. With his hoof on my breast, I will not tell him where the black boy hides in the swamp. I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death; I am not on his pay-roll. What do Death and the fox have in common? What does withholding this information symbolise? Why would someone hide from Death? Imagery What does this metaphor symbolize? Imagery What does this metaphor symbolize? Imagery LO: To complete some close analysis using the SPIRIT template. SC: 1) I will be able to explain what the poem is about. 2) I can articulate what view the speaker has. 3) I can analyse some key poetic techniques. Imagery

LO: To complete some close analysis using the SPIRIT template. SC: 1) I will be able to explain what the poem is about. 2) I can articulate what view the speaker has. 3) I can analyse some key poetic techniques. I will not tell him the whereabouts of my friends nor of my enemies either. Though he promise me much, I will not map him the route to any man's door. The juxtaposition of friends and enemies suggest that the real enemy is who? ImageryThe man is not a conscientious objector to war, but a conscientous objector to death. Themes Why is there a preponderance of male characters and a total absence of female ones? Imagery Noun used as verb – evokes idea of a thing coming alive Imagery Short stanza – suggests that something is cut short. Structure Evokes idea of Christ’s temptation in the wilderness. Structure LO: To complete some close analysis using the SPIRIT template. SC: 1) I will be able to explain what the poem is about. 2) I can articulate what view the speaker has. 3) I can analyse some key poetic techniques.

LO: To complete some close analysis using the SPIRIT template. SC: 1) I will be able to explain what the poem is about. 2) I can articulate what view the speaker has. 3) I can analyse some key poetic techniques. Area of analysisTechniques within this area Structure Layout, stanza shape, punctuation Poetic devices Repetition, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, any non-standard English Imagery Similes, metaphors, language choice. Rhythm/rhyme Rhyme scheme, rhythm, assonance, alliteration Ideas Themes and messages. Tone/voice The character of the persona (the person speaking in the poem, NOT the poet) Overall tone or mood and how this is conveyed. You now have 10 minutes to do the following: 1.Use 1 piece of A4 lined paper and create a SPIRIT grid. 2.Put the letter in the margin 3.Add notes what of you have observed about the poem to each column Tips! Use your annotations from your anthology to help you. Don’t write in full paragraphs – the point is to get quick, important notes down By the end of this term you will be able to do this in 5 minutes! LO: To complete some close analysis using the SPIRIT template. SC: 1) I will be able to explain what the poem is about. 2) I can articulate what view the speaker has. 3) I can analyse some key poetic techniques.

Grade B/A- Explain the significance of the poetic features and the effect it has on the reader. - Consider how the effect links to the theme of the poem. - Consider historical/literary context and significance. - Consider alternative explanations. C- Explain how the quotations link to the theme you have identified. - Identify a poetic feature and how this supports your point. D Find two quotations that support your observation. E Describe the content of the poem and identify the key theme. S tructure P oetic Devices I magery R hythm /Rhyme I deas T one How successful are Millay’s attempts to personify death? Revision homework for next lesson: compose a three paragraph answer to the question below, Bring in typed or written up, ready to be added to your anthology. This lesson with be on LO: To complete some close analysis using the SPIRIT template. SC: 1) I will be able to explain what the poem is about. 2) I can articulate what view the speaker has. 3) I can analyse some key poetic techniques.