Poetry Analysis with Miss Massey - PowerPoint Presentation

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Poetry Analysis with Miss MasseySlide2

Poetic Devices  Meaning

Form/Structure

Figurative Language

Tone

Sound/Rhyme

Punctuation

Stanzas/Breaks

Similes

Metaphor

Personification

ImagerySlide3

Earth has not anything to show more fair:

Dull would he be of soul who could pass by

A sight so touching in its majesty:

This City now doth, like a garment, wear

The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,

Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie

Open unto the fields, and to the sky;

All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.

Never did sun more beautifully steep

In his first

splendour

, valley, rock, or hill;

Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!

The river glideth at his own sweet will:

Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;

And all that mighty heart is lying still!

“Composed on Westminster Bridge: September 3

rd

, 1802” by William WordsworthSlide4

What’s the Form/Structure?

Petrarchan Sonnet

: an Italian 14 line poem in which the first 8 lines make one point and the next 6 lines make another point. In those last 6 lines, there is something called a

turn

. The rhyme scheme is abba,

abba

(8 lines), then cdecde (6 lines) or cdcdcd

(6 lines).

The turn

is the moment when the poem “turns” the discussion to make the final strong point of the argument. *A turn will come between lines 8-9.Slide5

Earth has not anything to show more fair

:

Dull would he be of soul who could pass

by

A sight so touching in its

majesty

:This City now doth, like a garment,

wear

The beauty of the morning; silent, bare

,

Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples

lie

Open unto the fields, and to the

sky;All bright and glittering in the smokeless

air.

Never did sun more beautifully

steep

In his first

splendour

, valley, rock, or

hill

;Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so

deep!

The river glideth at his own sweet will:

Dear God! the very houses seem

asleep;

And all that mighty heart is lying

still!

“Composed on Westminster Bridge: September 3

rd

, 1802” by William Wordsworth

Turn?Slide6

Figurative Language…

Imagery:

words/phrases that help you visualize the scene the way that the poet wants you to see it. How does Wordsworth want you to see London? Think about

adjective

use.

Similes/Metaphors:

what is the City (*London) or are parts the City said to be like? What similes/metaphors does Wordsworth use to show you how he feels about London?

Personification: is anything personified throughout this poem? Think about what is given attributes that a person could have…Slide7

Earth has not anything to show more fair:

Dull would he be of soul who could pass by

A sight so touching in its majesty:

This City now doth, like a garment, wear

The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,

Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie

Open unto the fields, and to the sky;

All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.

Never did sun more beautifully steep

In his first

splendour

, valley, rock, or hill;

Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!

The river glideth at his own sweet will:

Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;

And all that mighty heart is lying still!

“Composed on Westminster Bridge: September 3

rd

, 1802” by William WordsworthSlide8

Earth has not anything to show more fair:

Dull would he be of soul who could pass by

A sight so touching in its majesty:

This City now doth, like a garment, wear

The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,

Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie

Open unto the fields, and to the sky;

All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.

Never did sun more beautifully steep

In his first

splendour

, valley, rock, or hill;

Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!

The river glideth at his own sweet will:

Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;

And all that mighty heart is lying still!

“Composed on Westminster Bridge: September 3

rd

, 1802” by William Wordsworth

*Simile/Metaphor*Slide9

Earth has not anything to show more fair:

Dull would he be of soul who could pass by

A sight so touching in its majesty

:

This City now doth, like a garment, wear

The

beauty of the morning; silent, bare

,

Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples

lie

Open unto the fields, and to the sky

;

All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.

Never did sun more beautifully steep

In his first splendour,

valley, rock, or hill;

Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!

The river glideth at his own sweet will:

Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;

And all that mighty heart is lying still!

“Composed on Westminster Bridge: September 3

rd

, 1802” by William Wordsworth

*Imagery*Slide10

Earth has not anything to show more fair:

Dull would he be of soul who could pass by

A sight so touching in its majesty:

This City now doth, like a garment, wear

The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,

Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie

Open unto the fields, and to the sky;

All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.

Never did sun more beautifully steep

In his first

splendour

, valley, rock, or hill;

Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!

The river glideth at his own sweet will

:

Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;

And all that mighty heart is lying still!

“Composed on Westminster Bridge: September 3

rd

, 1802” by William Wordsworth

*Personification*Slide11

“Composed on Westminster Bridge: September 3rd

, 1802” by William Wordsworth

So, what is Wordsworth’s point? What does he want us to understand about London?

Does he like London?

What does he say in his poem that tells us this?

So.. What would you say his tone in his poem is?

Which devices did Wordsworth use that you liked the best?