1. Poetic Genre
Dead Poets Society

2. 5/10/2017
The movie Dead Poets Society (1989) was inspired by the unconventional teaching style of the now retired  Samuel F. Pickering , a writer and former professor of English at the University of Connecticut. 

3. Poetry Through The Ages
1. Notes: Genre and Examples
2. Poetry Instructions
Step Poetry Analysis Guide
4—6.SAMPLE: A Red, Red, Rose
7. Matching Vocabulary Reference
8. PRACTICE:O Captain! My Captain!
9. Tuesdays With Morrie & Dead Poets Society List
10.English 12A Senior Schedule
11. Final Exam Components

4. Poems can be categorized by structure or content.
INTRODUCTION
Poems can be categorized by structure or content.
Specific structure is known as closed form; no specific structure is known as open form (also known as free verse).

5. THREE GENERAL POETIC GENRES
1. Epic & Narrative:
Definition: Tells a story (plot)
Example: The Canterbury Tales
2. Dramatic: Addresses a listener (play)
Example: Hamlet

6. THREE GENERAL POETIC GENRES
3. Lyric(al): Expresses feeling or emotion (like a song)
Example: “The Funeral Blues” (Morrie)

7. TWO SPECIFIC POETIC GENRES
4. Ballad: song that tells a story
Example: “Lord Randall” (MLA)
5. Elegy: funeral poem
Example: Beowulf

8. Literal Analysis: Translation; denotation & structure.
Figurative Analysis: Deeper meaning; connotation & interpretation.

9. Poetry Instructions
Practice poem analysis is worth 10 points (1 point per step).
There will be a portion on the final exam (May 12) relating to poetry interpretation including the literary elements.
One poem of the 20 listed (16 from Tuesdays With Morrie and 4 extra from Dead Poets Society) will be graded for 25 points (1 point per item in each step including following directions). This is due 5/15-5/18.

10. 1. Paraphrase
Paraphrase each poem by rephrasing the lines into the simplest terms possible. Write one sentence for each line. The number of paraphrased sentences will vary based on the number of lines. Number and organize the lines based on stanzas (divisions).

11. 1. Paraphrase
Stanza 1 (4 lines): My love (girl) is like a beautiful flower and song.
Stanza 2 (4 lines): My love is as strong as your beauty and will last until the seas dry.
Stanza 3 (4 lines): I will love you all of my life while the rocks melt and time passes.
Stanza 4 (4 lines): I will return to you, my love, even if I am 10, 000 miles away.

12. Line by Line 1-8 1. My love is like a red rose.
2. The flower is newly blooming in June.
3. My love is like a melody.
4. The song is played sweetly in tune.
5. You are as beautiful, my pretty girl
6. So I am deeply in in love
7. And I will love you still, my dearest
8. Until all the seas dry up.

13. Line by Line 9-16 9. Until the seas are dry, my dearest
10. And the rocks melt in the sun
11. I will keep loving you, my dearest
12. While the sands of time keep running (hour glass)
13. And be well, my only love
14. Take care of yourself for a while
15. And I will return, my love
16. Even if it were ten thousand miles

14. 2. Genre
Identify and explain the genre of the poem using textual details in one sentence. This poem is _________ (lyric, dramatic, narrative, ballad, or elegy) because…

15. 2. Genre
This is a lyrical poem describing the emotion of a man’s love and farewell.
REFERENCE NOTES FOR GENRE.

16. 3. Structure
Analyze and interpret the structure of the poem in two sentences.
A. Identify the number of lines, stanzas, or sentences and unusual or unique punctuation or line shape.
B. Explain how the structure impacts the meaning. Hint: Look at the content of each stanza (paraphrase).

17. 3. Structure A. This poem is four stanzas of four lines each.
B. Each stanza is one sentence developing the lover’s feelings until the final one. The last stanza contains four short sentences signifying the shortened time spent together.

18. 4. Point of View & Tense
In two sentences, identify the relationship between the speaker and the audience (point of view and tense) and explain the significance or impact.

19. 4. Point of View & Tense
The poem is mainly written in present tense using first person. This is because the speaker currently feels love, but the tense changes to future when addressing his return.

20. 5. Auditory Elements
Analyze and interpret one auditory element of the poem in two sentences.
A. Identify internal/ external rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, or repeated words or phrases.
B. Explain how these sounds impact the tone (speaker’s voice) and meaning of the poem.
Reference the list page 7 (matching activity).

21. 5. Auditory Elements
A. The rhyme scheme alternates with the second and fourth lines always rhyming.
B. This is very song-like and playful and adds a more joyful tone to the emotion and relationship. The lightness counters the separation suggesting a joyful reunion.

22. 6. Figurative Language
Identify and analyze two examples of poem’s figurative language in two sentences (four total).
A. Interpret (identify and explain) two literary elements (simile, metaphor, imagery, personification, allusion, irony, symbolism, hyperbole, or diminutive). List on page 7.
B. Use line numbers when referencing textual examples. Include at least one line of the poem as support. The second sentence (the quote) can begin with “For example...” and end with parenthetical reference (Name line #).

23. 6. Figurative Language
A. The red rose blooming in the simile symbolizes love.
B. For example, “O my Luve’s like a red, red rose, /That’s newly sprung in June:”(Burns 1-2).
A. The rocks melting in the sun represent a hyperbole reflecting the speaker’s exaggerated statement of love.
B. For example, “Till’a the seas gang dry, my dear,/And the rocks melt wi’ the sun’ /I will love thee still, my dear “(Burns 9-11).

24. 7. Word Choice
Interpret two examples of word choice by contrasting the connotation and denotation in two sentences (four total).
A. Define two significant words using the Merriam-Webster Dictionary; select the correct contextual definition (denotation). Word: definition.
B. Identify the connotation or emotional definition using poem’s context and meaning.

25. 7. Diction/Word Choice
A. Rose (1): a flower with a sweet smell that is usually white, yellow, or pink and that grows on a bush which has thorns on the stem.
B. A rose typically represents romantic love or a woman’s beauty.
A. Red (1): having the color of blood.
B. Red usually signifies passion relating to love or anger. It is also the stereotypical color of a beautiful woman’s lips and cheeks.

26. 8. Title
8. Interpret the poem’s title in one sentence. How does this add meaning to the poem?

27. 8. Title
8. The poem’s title emphasizes the man’s love and passion for a woman.

28. 9. Theme
9. State the theme of the poem in one sentence.

29. 9. Theme
9. True love can blossom even through time and distance.

30. 10. Motivation
10. Create a hypothetical situation explaining the poet’s motivation in one sentence; take into consider the time period.
Optional adaptation: research the poet and include the website’s name as the citation.

31. 10. Motivation
10. The poet may have had to leave his love in the middle of a romance. He wanted to assure her their love would remain strong even through a separation.

32. 18. Simile: comparison with like or as
Poetry Spotlight
18. Simile: comparison with like or as
Love is compared to a ____ and a _____.
20. External Rhyme: rhyming words at the end of lines
Which two lines rhyme in each stanza?
What other elements are in this poem?
Would Morrie agree or disagree with these poems?

33. Vocabulary Reference (1-20)
1. C 2.G 3.L 4.N 5. J 6.P 7.O 8.B 9.R 10.E
11. K 12. M 13. F 14. H 15. I 16. S 17. T 18. D 19. Q 20. A

34. Poetic Genre Narrative, Lyric, or Dramatic
Ballad and Elegy fall within these categories.
For example, A Ballad can be narrative.
For example: An elegy can be lyrical.

35. SAMPLE 1:
That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive. I call That piece a wonder, now: Frà Pandolf’s hands Worked busily a day, and there she stands. Will ‘t please you sit and look at her? I said ‘Frà Pandolf’ by design, for never read strangers like you that pictured countenance, The depth and passion of its earnest glance, But to myself they turned (since none puts by The curtain I have drawn for you, but I)

36. My Last Duchess: Lucrezia de' Medici
Poison?
Tuberculosis?
DRAMATIC By Robert Browning

37. Sample 2
Half a league, half a league,  Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death  Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! "Charge for the guns!" he said: Into the valley of Death  Rode the six hundred.

38. The Charge of the Light Brigade
Battle of Balaclava
October 25, 1854
Crimean War
NARRATIVE By Lord Alfred Tennyson

39. Sample 3
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. … And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!

40. She Walks In Beauty Widow Anne Beatrix Wilmot-Horton June 11, 1814
LYRIC By Lord George Gordon Byron

41. Instructions 1. Begin “O Captain My Captain!”
Step Preparation, Read, & Paraphrase
2. Review English 12A Senior Schedule
3. Select Poem (List on Page 9)
Begin analysis on Friday after the final
4. Tomorrow: Steps 3-4 Analysis & Interpretation

42. Page 8: O Captain! My Captain!
1) MLA Heading & Title with Author
2) Number lines (24)/stanzas (3 of 8)
3) Read 
20. Internal Rhyme: rhyming words within a line or lines
Line # ______ Words________& _________
4) Begin paraphrasing…