Day Terms & Strategies Read & Discuss Assignment Tuesday to Poetry” Choice: direct metaphor – “Introduction Blessing” Write a poem comparing two things by “A The poems you collect about poetry identifying them both (The today should have using metaphors river is a snake, slithering Indirect metaphor and similes like through the canyon) Repetition of Collins does. some kind Write a poem indirect about an ordinary two things moment turned without identifying them extraordinary both (The river slithers using imagery through the canyon) like Wright does imagery—any language that appeals to ANY of the EITHER WAY: the poem five senses—sight, sound, needs to be at least fifteen smell, taste, touch lines, and should contain at least four words per line personification—giving (can obviously be longer, human characteristics to but should not exceed one something that isn’t page). human. simile—comparing two things by using a comparison word, as in or or “like” “as” “than,” etc. Wednesday to Son” Vernacular—the Write a 15-20 line poem common “Mother for which the speaker is language of the people “Fireworks” either UNRELIABLE (like rather than the “correct” Key discussion question: English “Fireworks”) how does Hughes use Speaker the CONOTATION rather OR – “narrator” in the poem. Even if it than just denotations in his seems like it’s the same as poem? totally and clearly the poet, we owe poets the DIFFERENT from courtesy of assuming they yourself (like to “Mother are different. Son”). connotation—the shades Bonus if you can find a of meaning and way to rely, as Hughes associations we have with does, on our connotations a particular word or set of of words rather than words. simply on the denotations. denotation—the dictionary definition of a particular word or set of words STRATEGIES Who’s Talking” “Look this asks you to read the poem and pay attention to
Day Terms & Strategies Read & Discuss Assignment Tuesday The poems you collect today should have Indirect metaphor Repetition of some kind direct metaphor – comparing two things by identifying them both (The river is a snake, slithering through the canyon) indirect two things without identifying them both (The river slithers through the canyon) imagery—any language that appeals to ANY of the five senses—sight, sound, smell, taste, touch personification—giving human characteristics to something that isn’t human. simile—comparing two things by using a comparison word, as in “like” or “as” or “than,” etc. “Introduction to Poetry” “A Blessing” Choice: Write a poem about poetry using metaphors and similes like Collins does. Write a poem about an ordinary moment turned extraordinary using imagery like Wright does EITHER WAY: the poem needs to be at least fifteen lines, and should contain at least four words per line (can obviously be longer, but should not exceed one page). Wednesday Vernacular—the common language of the people rather than the “correct” English Speaker – the “narrator” in the poem. Even if it seems like it’s the same as the poet, we owe poets the courtesy of assuming they are different. connotation—the shades of meaning and associations we have with a particular word or set of words. denotation—the dictionary definition of a particular word or set of words STRATEGIES “Look Who’s Talking” asks you to read the poem and pay attention to “Mother to Son” “Fireworks” Key discussion question: how does Hughes use CONOTATION rather than just denotations in his poem? Write a 15-20 line poem for which the speaker is either UNRELIABLE (like “Fireworks”) OR totally and clearly DIFFERENT from yourself (like “Mother to Son”). Bonus if you can find a way to rely, as Hughes does, on our connotations of words rather than simply on the denotations. this
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