1. Group 1: How can a contented relationship be identified in the poem?
Find examples of language and structure which support this reading.
Cozy Apologia for Fred L/O: to analyse the poem and create a personal response
Floyd Clip: Watch this clip and explain what you think and feel as a result of this.
Predict what the poem will be about and why?
Group 2: How is the hurricane presented in the
poem? Find examples of language and structure
which explore the presentation of the storm
Group 3: How is memory presented in the poem? Find examples of language and structure which explore memory in the poem.
Context
What event inspired the poem?
Find a quote to support this?
Write a short explanation linked to the quote to show how this was an inspiration for the poem.
Look at the title – Why For Fred? Who is this?
In three groups. Each group do the different
analysis then feedback
Context – About Rita Dove – Make Notes
Autobiographical – she is a writer – for her husband –
Intimacy - love – Hurricane Floyd was a powerful storm
which hit the coast of Florida in 1999 – shows happiness &
contentment in the relationship – real experience of the
Hurricane – American – Married to Fred Viebahn a fellow
Writer – Domestic Life mentioned

2. What do these quotes or ideas make you think and why?
How does the fragmentation in the structure (caesura, end-stopping and enjambment) help to create a dreamlike state in the poem?
Quick Response: Is this a love or place poem and why?
Write a short summary of what you think the meaning in the poem is and why?

3. Concise Analysis System
Key: Red = Use always
Orange = Use when able to
Green = Top level developments
Concise Analysis System
Analysis – Single poem essay
I will model on the board an example, then using the analysis system – respond to this question.
How does Rita Dove present complicated feelings and emotions in the poem?
Single poem essay: Intro to meaning and link to question, main body of essay – analyse a selection of quotes across the poem & zoom in, conclude – summarise how you have answered the question
What you should/could cover in developed concise analysis:
Link to the question
Link to the terminology (Lang/Structure – evaluating choice)
Short Quote(s)
Explain meaning and effect – both obvious and hidden (explicit and implicit)
Zoom in on words/explore connotations and effect
Suggest what other readers might think/feel (offering an alternative opinion)
Link to the writer’s intentions (step out from the close analysis to give an overview of meaning)
Explore a linking quote/supporting idea
The Poetry Anthology – Link to context