PPT-Poetic Devices

Mr Storey 2011 Poetic Devices What are they Why are they so special Poetic devices fit into the category of figurative language They can DEFINITELY be used in more than JUST poetry Click on the penguin to take a peek at a video clip on your first two poetic devices Once you finishing watching the clip close the media player to continue the PowerPoint. The Science of Literature. What is Formalism?. Also referred to as “New Criticism”. Relies solely on the text for analysis (no author biography, no cultural background). Breaks down literary/poetic devices. A short piece of imaginative writing, of a personal nature and laid out in lines. Dialect- a version of language spoken by people in a particular place, time, or social group. . Ex: . ya’ll. , . yun’z. An . introduction. Warm up: Prepare to take notes in your binder.. Poetic Analysis. Poetic analysis . is a detailed discussion of how . the language of a poem contributes to its meaning. . To analyze a poem, you . Figures . of . speech/ . Figurative . language:. A . form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words. Personification:. Giving . human attributes to an animal, object or idea. . music . . . Musicians use poetic devices all the time to capture a mood or convey feeling . . In the same way, poets use various . literary techniques . Techniques. Poetic TECHNIQUES. Line. DEFINITION: basic structural component of a poem. Literally, a row of words that ends somewhere.. Poetic TECHNIQUES. Stanza. DEFINITION: a formal division of lines in a poem that is considered as a unit. Separated by . DO NOW: . What is one thing you observed over the weekend? Explain.. (Where were you? What were you doing? Did it have an impact on you?). 3-4 sentences. 9/12/16. Learning Goal:. 1.. . I will . learn different poetic devices and how they are used in different poems. You’ll understand better through nursery rhymes.. Mother Goose wrote them long ago,. Now through this lesson you’ll be in the know.. Poetic Devices. Through Nursery Rhymes. Mrs. McManus’ English 7. Junior Cert Poetry . Poetic terms/Techniques . Speaker/ person. : the voice in the poem. This is usually but not always the voice of the poet. . Title:. name of the poem . Tone/Mood. : how the poet feels about what she/he is writing (joyful, angry, bitter, self-pity etc.). Beowulf. According to the editors of NA, it may have been composed (orally) in the first half of the eighth century, circa 750 AD.. We don’t know the author.. Evidence in the poem indicates that different dialects work their way into the poem, suggesting that it was passed along, over time, from place to place, before being put into writing.. : . WRITE YOUR FIRST NAME OR INITIALS AT THE TOP OF THE POST NOTE ON YOUR DESK. . BROWSE THROUGH THE BROWN POETRY ANTHOLOGY ON YOUR DESK UNTIL I ASK YOU TO STOP. . IF THERE IS A 3X5 CARD IN THE ANTHOLOGY LISTING POEMS FROM LAST YEAR, CHECK THOSE OUT POEMS OUT FIRST. Samuel Taylor Coleridge . Romanticism. Background. Originally published in 1798 as The Rime of the . Ancyent. . Marinere. .. the language . went against the emerging Romantic tradition of writing in contemporary, unrhymed language . Alliteration – the repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together. Ex: “But the sea, the sea in darkness calls.” . Allusion – a reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or some other branch of culture. . …analyze . how Oliver . [poet Mary Oliver]. conveys the relationship between the tree and family through the use of figurative language and other poetic techniques. 2012. …. analyze . how . poetic devices help to convey the speaker’s complex attitude toward desire.