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We are learning to annotate the text and identify the use of poetic techniques Thinking About Silence Think about the different types of silence that you can have What kind of silence do you have when you are happy ID: 678340

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Slide1

Sounds Of The Day - Annotation

We are learning to: annotate the text and identify the use of poetic techniques. Slide2

Thinking About Silence

Think about the different types of silence that you can have.

What kind of silence do you have when you are happy?

What kind of silence do you have when you are upset or lonely?

What power does silence have?

Where else have we looked at silence and the impact that no noise can have on someone?Slide3

First Impressions

Create a

mind map

with a partner about your first impressions of the poem.

What’s it about?

What’s the message/theme?

Any relevant techniques?

And anything else you would like to comment on. Remember, it is how

YOU

interpret it; there are no right or wrong answers in poetry analysis. Slide4

Sounds Of The Day

In Sounds of The Day

MacCaig

begins by describing the sounds that he hears in a still silent environment. It begins in a positive and descriptive manner.

However the sound of a door closing in stanza two signifies the turning point in the poem and

MacCaig

goes on to explore the despair of loss. (again!) Slide5

Structure

This poem is written in free verse made up of four irregular stanzas. The division between each of the stanzas helps to focus the reader on the specific idea that is contained within each one and the poem is organised in a fairly straightforward chronological order.

The poem begins by describing sounds in stanzas one and two and moves onto describing feelings in stanza three and four. The memories evoked by the “sounds of the day” allow

MacCaig

to explore this difficult and emotional experienceSlide6

Stanzas

Stanza One: the speaker describes natural sounds: horses, a bird, waves and a waterfall. On its own, this stanza paints a pleasant picture and indicates the speaker’s delight in nature

Stanza Two: The shut door, described in the second stanza, is the turning point of the

poem. Here

the ideas move from a delight found in a variety of natural sounds to a reflection upon one specific experience

Stanza Three: The personal nature of the poem is apparent in the third stanza as the speaker addresses the person who has

left. We

get the impression of a figure, suddenly alone, faced with the consequences of a separation.

Stanza

Four: Honest

assessment of how deeply he has been affected by the

experience. The

relationship has meant a lot to the speaker and the separation, though painful enough during the moment itself, has left a lasting impressionSlide7

Stanza One

When a clatter came

,

it

was horses crossing the ford.

When

the air creaked, it was

a

lapwing seeing us off the premises

of

its private marsh. A snuffling puff

ten

yards from the boat was the tide blocking and

unblocking

a hole in a rock.

When the black drums rolled, it was water falling sixty feet into itself.

Poem begins by listing the “sounds of the day”

What is most significant is the acuteness and descriptiveness of these distinct sounds in emphasising how alert the speaker is to them.

He can hear it because of the silence that surrounds him – it is an enriching and still environmentSlide8

Stanza One

When a

clatter came

,

it

was horses

crossing the ford.

When

the

air creaked, it was

a

lapwing

seeing us off the premises

of

its private marsh. A

snuffling puff ten

yards from the boat was the tide blocking and unblocking a hole in a rock. When the black drums rolled, it was water

falling sixty feet into itself. Inverted list – it is the sound that comes first.In this instance it is the sound that is most important (as the title suggests) Slide9

Stanza One

When a

clatter

came

,

it

was horses crossing the ford.

When

the air

creaked

, it was

a

lapwing seeing us off the premises

of

its private marsh. A

snuffling puff ten yards from the boat was the tide blocking and unblocking a hole in a rock.

When the black drums rolled, it was water falling sixty feet into itself.

MacCaig uses onomatopoeia and alliteration to imitate these specific soundsThere is a strong sense of the power of nature. Theme of importance of Natural World established.Slide10

Stanza One

When a clatter came

,

it

was horses crossing the ford.

When

the

air creaked

, it was

a

lapwing seeing us off the premises

of

its private marsh.

A snuffling puff

ten

yards from the boat was the tide blocking and

unblocking a hole in a rock. When the black drums rolled, it was water falling sixty feet into itself.

Humorous image – personificationShow how territorial the lapwing is

Air creaked – very detailed description of the sound – emphasises how still and quiet the poet must have beenSlide11

Stanza One

When a clatter came

,

it

was horses crossing the ford.

When

the

air creaked

, it was

a

lapwing seeing us off the premises

of

its private marsh. A snuffling puff

ten

yards from the boat was the tide blo

cking and unblocking a hole in a ro

ck. When the black drums rolled, it was water

falling sixty feet into itself. Stanza finishes with the first hint that the poem may have a darker meaning that the first stanza suggets

CK -

consonance/harsh sounding

words

Black drums rolled – hints at darker undertones (ominous and brooding)

Foreshadowing the mood and tone to comeSlide12

Stanza Two

When the door

scraped

shut, it was the end

of

all the sounds there are.

The silence that allowed him to hear so keenly the sounds of the natural world has returned, yet this silence is oppressive and suffocates the speaker’s aural sense.

Turning Point in the PoemSlide13

Stanza Two

When the

door

scraped

shut

,

it

was the end

of

all the sounds there are.

Door is a metaphor for the end of relationship and suggests a barrier that cannot be crossed.

Hyperbole of final statement – underlines the significance of the moment.

No pleasure in sitting listening to sounds

Scraped –

Same harsh

constonent

sound as at the end of stanza one

Scraped has connotations of pain and hurt

Clear sense of the despair and pain that follows a parting

Idea that nothing will be the same again

(links to Memorial)Slide14

Stanza Three

You left me

beside the quietest fire in the world.

Move away from sounds to feelings and emotions

This single sentence stanza explains the reason for this shift in mood.

The speaker implies the impact of the parting is that he is no longer to hear and take pleasure in sounds – the huge impact of the loss. Slide15

Stanza Three

You left me

beside the

quietest

fire in the world

.

Use of personal pronouns.

Accusing tone (similar technique used in Memorial)

Unambiguous statement

Word choice – again emphasising the lack of sound. Contrast to stanza one.

Use of hyperbole – communicate the extreme pain he is feeling

Suddenness of the silence

Paradox – being alone should make you hear more not less yet this is not the caseSlide16

Stanza Four

I thought I was hurt in my pride only,

forgetting that,

when you plunge your hand in freezing water,

you feel

a bangle of ice round your wrist

before the whole hand goes numb.

Complexity of emotions that comes when there is a parting.

The final verse is utterly bleak

The focus of the poem moves from sound to touchSlide17

Stanza Four

I thought I was hurt in my pride only

,

forgetting that,

when you

plunge

your

hand

in freezing water,

you feel

a bangle of ice

round your wrist

before the whole hand

goes numb.

Initial feeling is on the surface – he thinks it is his feelings are not badly hurt at first

Word Choice – plunge emphasises the

suddeness

of the parting

Paradox – hand is how you normally feel but by plunging it in ice he cannot feel

He conveys the emotional pain that still lies, like the hand, beneath the surface even if he is numb to it at the moment.

Metaphor – raw initial grief of someone leavingSlide18

Themes

The closing door is an important image in the poem and introduces the theme of loss and parting.

For the speaker, the separation is significant and painful. He feels his life has been changed and his senses have been altered forever.

MacCaig

explores how parting affects us in a significant way. He captures both the initial, difficult pain of a break-up but also the lasting effect such experiences can have on us.

Love is usually depicted in poetry positively, yet this love has resulted only in pain and heartbreak, leaving the reader to consider whether this relationship has been worth the pain of parting.