AESTHETIC APPROACH FOR TEACHING POEM

AESTHETIC OF THE

POEMTHEME What the poem is all about?

Ideas conveyed in the poem

ImagesSymbols

MOODSTRUCTU

REIMAGERY

TONERHYTHMRHYME

POIN

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VIEW

ISSUES

POETIC DEVICES TO CONVEY IDEAS

Imagery

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Allusion

FOCUS

Emotion

Imagination

Feeling

Interests

SAMPLE ACTIVITIES

Write letter to the poet

Give opinions about the poem

Relate the event in the poem with own experience

Identify the setting which related to the issues in the poem

List out the advantages or disadvantages of being the character in the poem

Relate the poem with current issues

Aesthetic approach in teaching poem “In The Midst of Hardship”

Show pictures related to

hardship and let students give

their opinions on the pictures

Find literary devices and how it relates with the

ideas from the author

Find issues from the poem and

give opinions or comments

What do you understand from the title of the poem?

Making association

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General knowledg

e

Life experienc

es

Empathy

Sympathy

Making hypothesis

Judgement

Moral values

Students response- based on

knowledge and experiences

Students response- based on

feelings and emotions

Students response-

think like the poet

Students response-

Imagining or picturing the

situations

Activity Rationale

Reading poem with and without intonation and think the meaning of the poem titleShow pictures

To initiate the students’ mood of learning poem

To encourage students to relate the poem with surrounding and issues and to encourage them to give opinions based on their feelings on the poem

Jot down the meaning of the poem

Find literary devices and explain the relation with the ideas from the poet

Give students deeper understanding on the poemEncourage students to imagine themselves like the poet to find the purpose of the poem and think creatively.

Find issues from the poem and give opinions

Think of moral values from the poem

To observe how deep students understand the poem and to encourage them to think criticallyDiscussion on the moral values and to instil the values in students’ life