1. An in-depth analysis

2.  A Japanese poetic form with  5 unrhymed lines  Exactly 31 syllables  5 syllables in lines 1 and 3  7 in lines 2, 4, and 5 Evokes a single image

3.  Author’s Background  Translated into English (syllable variation)  Italics  Regret?

4.  Write a Tanka in correct form over one of the following topics. You must convey a single image.  Friendship  Adolescence  Nature

5.  English sonnet also known as Shakespearean sonnet  14 lines  3 quatrains  Rhymes Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG  10 syllables /line (iambic pentameter)

6.  Author’s Background  Author’s Purpose  Comparison?  Is this a love poem?

7.  Find an example of the following:  Personification  Assonance  Repetition  Alliteration  Logical structure of argument  Inverted language  Unusual language and vocabulary

8.  Expresses a speaker’s emotions or thoughts  Short and musical  Based on strong emotion

9.  Author’s Background  Mood  Tone  Heart vs. Brain  Personification  Word Choice

10.  Parody: a humorous imitation of a serious piece of literature  Write a parody of Heart! We Will Forget Him!

11.  A surprising comparison  Can be direct or indirect

12.  Author’s Background  Grammar as a metaphor  Syntax  Punctuation

13.  Create a two-column chart to track the contrast between order and emotion  Cummings ignores the rules of grammar and punctuation  Put them back in—what is the effect on the poem?

14.  Comparison using “like” or “as”  Can be extended over multiple lines

15.  Author’s Background  Mood of the poem?  Diction to support the mood?

16.  Re-write the poem to create the opposite mood  Maintain the use of simile

17.  Tells a story  Uses rhythm, rhymes, and repetition  Refrain

18.  Folk Ballad  Purpose of the refrain  What details are left out?

19.  This ballad is filled with the formal diction characteristic of the time period of the poem.  Re-write two of the stanzas updating the language with more modern expressions.