LOVEAn in-depth analysis
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
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Author’s Background Translated into English (syllable variation) Italics Regret?
Your Task
Write a Tanka in correct form over one of the following topics. You must convey a single image. Friendship Adolescence Nature
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
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Author’s Background Author’s Purpose Comparison? Is this a love poem?
Your Task
Find an example of the following: Personification Assonance Repetition Alliteration Logical structure of argument Inverted language Unusual language and vocabulary
Lyric
Expresses a speaker’s emotions or thoughts
Short and musical Based on strong emotion
Heart! We Will Forget Him!By Emily Dickinson
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Author’s Background Mood Tone Heart vs. Brain Personification Word Choice
Your Task
Parody: a humorous imitation of a serious piece of literature
Write a parody of Heart! We Will Forget Him!
Metaphor
A surprising comparison Can be direct or indirect
since feeling is firstBy E.E. Cummings
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Author’s Background Grammar as a metaphor Syntax Punctuation
Your Task
Create a two-column chart to track the contrast between order and emotion
Cummings ignores the rules of grammar and punctuation Put them back in—what is the effect on the
poem?
Simile
Comparison using “like” or “as” Can be extended over multiple lines
The TaxiBy Amy Lowell
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Author’s Background Mood of the poem? Diction to support the mood?
Your Task
Re-write the poem to create the opposite mood
Maintain the use of simile
Ballad
Tells a story Uses rhythm, rhymes, and repetition Refrain
Bonny Barbara AllanBy Anonymous
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Folk Ballad Purpose of the refrain What details are left out?
Your Task
This ballad is filled with the formal diction characteristic of the time period of the poem.
Re-write two of the stanzas updating the language with more modern expressions.