ENGLISH REINSTEIN Name: RESPONDING TO A POEM (mdified frm a list f explicatin questins frm Hw Petry Wrks) Night #1: Chse amng The Red Wheelbarrw, In the Statin at the Metr, and Written in Pencil in a Sealed Railway Car. TITLE AND AUTHOR: The Initial Experience READ THE POEM SLOWLY AT LEAST TWICE. Stp at the line breaks, but pause nly slightly, and then cntinue reading as if the pem were written in prse. (This is called reading t punctuatin. ) Remember t read slwly, and let the wrds sak in. THE FIRST REACTION TO THE POEM What is yur first respnse t the pem? Write dwn a specific image, line, wrd, sund, r sectin f the pem that strikes yu as imprtant r interesting? Hw des the pem cnnect t yur wn experience? SPEAKER AND SETTING OF THE POEM First ask yurself: Des identifying the speaker and setting appear t be a significant aspect f getting at the greater meaning f the pem? Differentiate between authr and speaker (Is the speaker different frm the authr? Is this pint imprtant?). Is the speaker apart frm the actin f the pem, r is he a part f it? And where des the pem take place? Hw d yu knw? LITERAL MEANING Try t get at what is happening in the pem line by line. Keeping in mind that mst pems are written in cmplete sentences, try t re-state each sentence in the pem OR write a ne-sentence summary that states what is ging n in the pem. An Examinatin f Petic Techniques knw them s that yu can recgnize patterns, but f equal imprtance is t see where the pattern is brken, because this is where the pet is speaking t the reader. [Remember DIDLS: Dictin, Imagery, Details, Language, Syntax.] IMAGES Write dwn the specific images that are in the pem? Remember that images are based n any f the senses sight, sund, taste, tuch, smell, and mvement. List as many as yu can? D yu see any patterns? Figures f speech. Which, if any, figures f speech are represented in the pem? Simile, metaphr, persnificatin, allusin, symblism.
SOUND Read the pem alud. Ntice patterns accrding t sund in the pem. Write dwn the key sund elements (ne r tw frm the list belw) frm the pem. What is mst ntable abut the authr s use f sund? Wrd chice Which wrds stick ut in the pem as being imprtant? D yu see wrds r sunds repeated? Rhyme Can yu identify a rhyme pattern (ABAB, fr instance) Meter When yu speak the lines naturally, d yu ntice a rhythm r beat t the lines? Line structure What des the length f the lines say abut the pem? Is there variety in length? Are the lines brken up mid-sentence r mid-phrase (called enjambment)? IMPORTANCE OF THE TITLE Hw des the title supprt what yu see as the meaning f the pem? Dn t take the title lightly, since it is the authr s first annuncement t the reader abut the pem. The Culminating Experience TONE/MOOD Tne (relates t the speaker) Based n yur persnal respnse and the effect f the petic techniques, what is the tne f the speaker in the pem? Md (relates t the reader) What is the md f the reader as a result the speaker s tne? What md r feeling d yu think the reader is meant t have? MEANING OF THE POEM What is the pet trying t say? A pem begins in delight and ends in wisdm (Frst). Write a ne-sentence statement (r tw) that expresses a universal truth represented in r by the pem. What d yu think the authr is getting at.
ENGLISH REINSTEIN Name: RESPONDING TO A POEM (mdified frm a list f explicatin questins frm Hw Petry Wrks) Night #2: Chse amng Richard Cry, My Papa s Waltz, and This is just t say. TITLE AND AUTHOR: The Initial Experience READ THE POEM SLOWLY AT LEAST TWICE. Stp at the line breaks, but pause nly slightly, and then cntinue reading as if the pem were written in prse. (This is called reading t punctuatin. ) Remember t read slwly, and let the wrds sak in. THE FIRST REACTION TO THE POEM What is yur first respnse t the pem? Write dwn a specific image, line, wrd, sund, r sectin f the pem that strikes yu as imprtant r interesting? Hw des the pem cnnect t yur wn experience? SPEAKER AND SETTING OF THE POEM First ask yurself: Des identifying the speaker and setting appear t be a significant aspect f getting at the greater meaning f the pem? Differentiate between authr and speaker (Is the speaker different frm the authr? Is this pint imprtant?). Is the speaker apart frm the actin f the pem, r is he a part f it? And where des the pem take place? Hw d yu knw? LITERAL MEANING Try t get at what is happening in the pem line by line. Keeping in mind that mst pems are written in cmplete sentences, try t re-state each sentence in the pem OR write a ne-sentence summary that states what is ging n in the pem. An Examinatin f Petic Techniques knw them s that yu can recgnize patterns, but f equal imprtance is t see where the pattern is brken, because this is where the pet is speaking t the reader. [Remember DIDLS: Dictin, Imagery, Details, Language, Syntax.] IMAGES Write dwn the specific images that are in the pem? Remember that images are based n any f the senses sight, sund, taste, tuch, smell, and mvement. List as many as yu can? D yu see any patterns? Figures f speech. Which, if any, figures f speech are represented in the pem? Simile, metaphr, persnificatin, allusin, symblism.
SOUND Read the pem alud. Ntice patterns accrding t sund in the pem. Write dwn the key sund elements (ne r tw frm the list belw) frm the pem. What is mst ntable abut the authr s use f sund? Wrd chice Which wrds stick ut in the pem as being imprtant? D yu see wrds r sunds repeated? Rhyme Can yu identify a rhyme pattern (ABAB, fr instance) Meter When yu speak the lines naturally, d yu ntice a rhythm r beat t the lines? Line structure What des the length f the lines say abut the pem? Is there variety in length? Are the lines brken up mid-sentence r mid-phrase (called enjambment)? IMPORTANCE OF THE TITLE Hw des the title supprt what yu see as the meaning f the pem? Dn t take the title lightly, since it is the authr s first annuncement t the reader abut the pem. The Culminating Experience TONE/MOOD Tne (relates t the speaker) Based n yur persnal respnse and the effect f the petic techniques, what is the tne f the speaker in the pem? Md (relates t the reader) What is the md f the reader as a result the speaker s tne? What md r feeling d yu think the reader is meant t have? MEANING OF THE POEM What is the pet trying t say? A pem begins in delight and ends in wisdm (Frst). Write a ne-sentence statement (r tw) that expresses a universal truth represented in r by the pem. What d yu think the authr is getting at.
ENGLISH REINSTEIN Name: RESPONDING TO A POEM (mdified frm a list f explicatin questins frm Hw Petry Wrks) Night #3: Chse amng Dulce et Decrum Est, The Rad Nt Taken, and Traveling thrugh the Dark. TITLE AND AUTHOR: The Initial Experience READ THE POEM SLOWLY AT LEAST TWICE. Stp at the line breaks, but pause nly slightly, and then cntinue reading as if the pem were written in prse. (This is called reading t punctuatin. ) Remember t read slwly, and let the wrds sak in. THE FIRST REACTION TO THE POEM What is yur first respnse t the pem? Write dwn a specific image, line, wrd, sund, r sectin f the pem that strikes yu as imprtant r interesting? Hw des the pem cnnect t yur wn experience? SPEAKER AND SETTING OF THE POEM First ask yurself: Des identifying the speaker and setting appear t be a significant aspect f getting at the greater meaning f the pem? Differentiate between authr and speaker (Is the speaker different frm the authr? Is this pint imprtant?). Is the speaker apart frm the actin f the pem, r is he a part f it? And where des the pem take place? Hw d yu knw? LITERAL MEANING Try t get at what is happening in the pem line by line. Keeping in mind that mst pems are written in cmplete sentences, try t re-state each sentence in the pem OR write a ne-sentence summary that states what is ging n in the pem. An Examinatin f Petic Techniques knw them s that yu can recgnize patterns, but f equal imprtance is t see where the pattern is brken, because this is where the pet is speaking t the reader. [Remember DIDLS: Dictin, Imagery, Details, Language, Syntax.] IMAGES Write dwn the specific images that are in the pem? Remember that images are based n any f the senses sight, sund, taste, tuch, smell, and mvement. List as many as yu can? D yu see any patterns? Figures f speech. Which, if any, figures f speech are represented in the pem? Simile, metaphr, persnificatin, allusin, symblism.
SOUND Read the pem alud. Ntice patterns accrding t sund in the pem. Write dwn the key sund elements (ne r tw frm the list belw) frm the pem. What is mst ntable abut the authr s use f sund? Wrd chice Which wrds stick ut in the pem as being imprtant? D yu see wrds r sunds repeated? Rhyme Can yu identify a rhyme pattern (ABAB, fr instance) Meter When yu speak the lines naturally, d yu ntice a rhythm r beat t the lines? Line structure What des the length f the lines say abut the pem? Is there variety in length? Are the lines brken up mid-sentence r mid-phrase (called enjambment)? IMPORTANCE OF THE TITLE Hw des the title supprt what yu see as the meaning f the pem? Dn t take the title lightly, since it is the authr s first annuncement t the reader abut the pem. The Culminating Experience TONE/MOOD Tne (relates t the speaker) Based n yur persnal respnse and the effect f the petic techniques, what is the tne f the speaker in the pem? Md (relates t the reader) What is the md f the reader as a result the speaker s tne? What md r feeling d yu think the reader is meant t have? MEANING OF THE POEM What is the pet trying t say? A pem begins in delight and ends in wisdm (Frst). Write a ne-sentence statement (r tw) that expresses a universal truth represented in r by the pem. What d yu think the authr is getting at.