HOW CAN WORDS CREATE PICTURES

Introduction to Poetry

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Appreciating Poetry

While Many Poems are entertaining, a poem can also have the power to change how you see the world.

Poems use languague in an unusual way to communicate. Ideas, feeling …

Do you have a favorite poem? Why do you like it?

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How Can Words Create Pictures?

Figurative Language

Consistes of words used in na imaginative way to

communicate meaning beyond their strict definition.

What elements are used in a poem to create

figurative language?

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How can words create pictures?

Rhythm: Patterns of Stressed and unstressed syllables in each line.

Rhyme: Repetition of sounds at the ends of the words.

Assonance: The repetition of Vowel sounds in words. Often creates a Near Rhyme.

Allitaration: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beggining words.

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The Dawn's Awake 9

The Dawn's Awake

By Otto Leland Bohanan

The Dawn's awake! A flash of smoldering flame and fire Ignites the East. Then, higher, higher, O'er all the sky so gray, forlorn1, The torch of gold is borne. The Dawn's awake! The dawn of a thousand dreams and thrills. And music singing in the hills A paean2 of eternal spring Voices the new awakening. The Dawn's awake! Whispers of pent-up harmonies, With the mingled fragrance of the trees; Faint snatches of half-forgotten song-- Fathers! torn and numb,-- The boon of light we craved, awaited long, Has come, has come!

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1. Identify two examples of personification: explain what is being personified & how in each example.

The Dawn is awake: dawn is given the human trait of waking.

Music singing in the hills: music is given the ability of singing.

Voices the new awakening: the Paean is given a voice.

The torch of gold is borne: a torches (or suns) are not really born persay.

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2. Identify an example of hyperbole: explain how it

is exaggerated.

The dawn of a thousand dreams and thrills: it could be

interpreted that this is an exaggeration.

A paeanof eternal spring: Spring is not eternal. Even

the sun will extinguish at some time. This line is an

exaggeration.

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3. Identify an example of metaphor: explain which

two things are being compared.

The torch of gold is borne: this compares the sun to a

torch of gold without using the word "like" or "as.“

The Dawn may have a greater value. See the answer to

question 6.

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4. Find three examples of imagery in the poem that access three different senses. Explain which senses are called on by the speaker for each example.

There are many examples of visual and audio imagery throughout the poem.

With the mingled fragrance of the trees: this uses olfactory imagery or imagery of the nose.

Fathers! torn and numb: this line accesses the sense of touch.

Passenger

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Personification "But dreams come slow and they go so fast" Hyperbole ''Everything you touch, oh it dies" Metaphor "Only hate the road when you're missing home" "Cause love comes slow and it goes so fast" He uses personification by describing love and dreams as being objects by saying that they come slow and fast as if they were walking or running. Theme The theme of the song is losing a love and not realizing what you had or how much you actually appreciated the people you had in your life until they were gone. He uses a hyperbole by describing that realistically things don't die when you touch them so it is not meant to be taken literally. He uses a metaphor by comparing the road and his home, or in this case the fighting and the comfort in the relationship. Onomatopoeia He uses onomatopoeia by using words to imitate sounds. This makes the song more interesting because it expresses feelings through sounds.

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