PPT-How to Explicate a Poem

To explicate means to unfold Latin root Explications interpret a poem or other brief passage intensely and persistently talking carefully about the words explaining the patterns of imagery the meaningfulness of rhythms the power of sounds all in order to analyze the possible meaning and relationships of the words in the piece. I AM POEM. I am caring and loving.. I wonder if I am reaching any of my students.. I hear my name being called one hundred times a day.. I want my students to stay away from drugs and gangs.. I pretend that I can make a difference.. “Farewell, Love” . – by Sir Thomas Wyatt. Farewell . love and all thy laws forever;. Thy baited hooks shall tangle me no more.. Senec. and Plato call me from thy lore. To perfect wealth, my wit for to . science and society. Bradley J Nordell. Special Topics Seminar Series . 1/13/2012. University of Missouri- Kansas City. Department of Physics and Astronomy. 1. Table of Contents. Introduction. Philosophical schools of quantum theory. By: Marianne File and Elizabeth . Hamilt. Literal sense in a Poem. 1) a. At first, the sailors were quite upset with the Mariner and the fact that he killed the Albatross. When the fog cleared though, the sailors decided that the bird didn’t control the breezes but the fog so then they congratulated him. Then the breezes slowed down and the ship became idle. Some of the sailors dreamed that a spirit followed beneath the ship from the land of mist and snow. The sailors . The . Feeling Poem . Line one: Name an emotion. . Line two: “Smells like. . .”. . Line three: “Tastes like. . .”.   . Line four: “Sounds like. . .”. . Line five: “Feels like. . . .”. List Poem. Our lives are filled with lists!. This poem is one of the oldest most organic forms of poetry.. One of the easiest forms of poetry to write; it doesn’t require rhythm or thyme!. Elements of List Poems. Coole. By W. B. Yeats. Coole. Park. Coole. Park, in County Galway, was the home of Lady Augusta Gregory, a playwright and nationalist whom Yeats met in 1898. They grew to be close and Yeats spent his summers with her at . ACRONYM: STIFS. S. peaker. T. one. I. magery. F. igurative Language. S. ound. S. TIFS. Speaker. Identify . the Speaker. Who . is the speaker addressing? . What . is the speaker’s topic or argument? . Initial reading of the poem. Write any questions that pop into your head while doing the initial reading.. Identify any words that you do not understand and look them up. Write the definitions on the poem.. Compose a poem describing yourself using the following format. Decorate the border of your poem with images that represent who you are. . This is a daily grade. . You will present this in class today. . OBJECTIVES. A poem can have a number of different "pieces" that you need to look at closely in order to complete the poetic ". puzzle”. An . "explication" is simply an explanation of how all the elements in a poem work together to achieve the total meaning and effect. To recognize the many roles we play. To practice authorship . To draw up important memories of events, people, and places in our lives . To develop self-respect and appreciate what is good and positive in ourselves . No Problem by Benjamin Zephaniah LO: To know the language, structure and form of the poem Starter Task Read the poem carefully and underline any words you don’t understand. No Problem by Benjamin Zephaniah . kubo. , . kahit. . munti. . . Ang. . halaman. . doon. ay sari-sari.. Singkamas. at . talong. , . sigarilyas. at . mani. . . Sitaw. , . bataw. , . patani. . . Kundol. , . patola. , . upo’t.