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POETRYAn in-depth analysis
Lyric
A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the speakershortmusical
Implies rather than states
I am Offering This Poemby Jimmy Santiago Baca
Page 685
Author’s Background Imagery Types of love
Tanka
A Japanese poetic form with5 unrhymed linesExactly 31 syllables
5 syllables in lines 1 and 37 in lines 2, 4, and 5
Evokes a single image
Three Japanese Tankaby Ono Kamachi
Page 686
Author’s Background Translated into English (syllable variation) Italics Regret?
Sonnet
English sonnet also known as Shakespearean sonnet
14 lines 3 quatrains Rhymes Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG 10 syllables /line (iambic pentameter)
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?By William Shakespeare
Page 691
Author’s Background Author’s Purpose Comparison? Is this a love poem?
Lyric
Expresses a speaker’s emotions or thoughts
Short and musical Based on strong emotion
Heart! We Will Forget Him!By Emily Dickinson
Page 697
Author’s Background Mood Tone Heart vs. Brain Personification Word Choice
Metaphor
A surprising comparison Can be direct or indirect
since feeling is firstBy E.E. Cummings
page 702
Author’s Background Grammar as a metaphor Syntax Punctuation