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 speakers topic or argument ID: 440596
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Reading a Poem
ACRONYM: STIFS
S
peaker
T
one
I
magery
F
igurative Language
S
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TIFS
Speaker
Identify
the Speaker
Who
is the speaker addressing?
What
is the speaker’s topic or argument? Slide4
S
T
IFS
Tone
What
is the dominant tone of the poem?
Are
there any shifts in tone? Slide5
ST
I
FS
Imagery
What
do you see, hear, smell, taste, feel?
What
is suggested by the images? Slide6
STI
F
S
Figurative Language
What types are in the poem? Metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole?
What is the poet doing with these elements? Slide7
STIF
S
Sound
What
sound elements are most striking and why?
How
do these sound elements effect other elements in the poem? Slide8
The Clod and the Pebble, 1794
"Love
seeketh
not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair."
So sung a little Clod of Clay
Trodden with the cattle's feet,
But a Pebble of the brook
Warbled out these
metres
meet:
"Love
seeketh
only self to please,
To bind another to its delight,
Joys in another's loss of ease,
And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite."