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POETRY An in-depth analysis

An in-depth analysis. A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the speaker short musical Implies rather than states

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POETRYAn in-depth analysis

Page 2: An in-depth analysis.  A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the speaker  short  musical Implies rather than states

Lyric

A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the speakershortmusical

Implies rather than states

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I am Offering This Poemby Jimmy Santiago Baca

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Author’s Background Imagery Types of love

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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

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Three Japanese Tankaby Ono Kamachi

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Author’s Background Translated into English (syllable variation) Italics Regret?

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Sonnet

English sonnet also known as Shakespearean sonnet

14 lines 3 quatrains Rhymes Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG 10 syllables /line (iambic pentameter)

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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?By William Shakespeare

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Author’s Background Author’s Purpose Comparison? Is this a love poem?

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Lyric

Expresses a speaker’s emotions or thoughts

Short and musical Based on strong emotion

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Heart! We Will Forget Him!By Emily Dickinson

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Author’s Background Mood Tone Heart vs. Brain Personification Word Choice

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Metaphor

A surprising comparison Can be direct or indirect

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since feeling is firstBy E.E. Cummings

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Author’s Background Grammar as a metaphor Syntax Punctuation