Step One: Read the poem, "The Hound" and answer the following questions.
Metaphor: a direct comparison made between two unlike things.
The Hound
Life the hound
Equivocal (open to more than one interpretation)
Comes at a bound
Either to rend me (to pull something apart violently)
Or to befriend me.
I cannot tell
The hounds intent
Til he has sprung
At my bare hand
With teeth or tongue (does the hound approach in a violent way or friendly way)
Meanwhile I stand
And wait the event.
Robert Francis (1901-1987)
Activity:
1. What is life compared to?
2. How is life (a hound) equivocal? What does this mean?
3. Explain what the extended metaphor in this poem means.
4. What is the action the speaker takes? What is he able to do?
Step Two: Read the definition of personification. Complete the activity following the poem.
Personification: giving the attributes of a human being to an animal, an object or a concept. It is a subtype of metaphor, an implied comparison in which the figurative term of the comparison is always a human being.
The poem, "Mirror"(p. 5) uses personification when the poet gives the mirror the ability to speak and think.
Activity:
1. Find a poem that uses a good example of personification. Copy the poem. You may either use your text book or you may use online resources.
2. Explain how the personification makes your poem effective.
Step Three: Read the poem and complete the activity.
Simile: A comparison of two unlike things which uses the words "like" or "as."
Getting Through
Like a car stuck in gear,
a chicken too stupid to tell
it's head is gone,
or sound ratcheting on
long after the film
has jumped the reel,
or a phone
ringing and ringing
in the house they have all
moved away from,
through rooms where dust
is a deepening skin,
and the locks unneeded,
so I go on loving you,
my heart blundering on,
a muscle spilling out
what is no longer wanted,
and my words hurtling past,
like a train off its track,
toward a boarded up station,
closed for years,
like some last speaker
of a beautiful language
no one else can hear.
Deborah Pope
Activity:
1. Create a list of the similies used to describe the poet's emotions.
2. What do all of these comparisons have in common? What do they mean?
3. Paraphrase the poem (explain what the poem is about in your own words). Use full sentences.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Dulce et Decorum Est
Todays Assignment: DUE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010 (except final paragraph)
“Dulce Et Decorum Est” William Owen
Step One: First Reading
- Before you read, you will need to know that the Latin phrase "dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" means "It is sweet and becoming to die for one's country."
- Read the poem, "Dulce et Decorum Est," on pages 7-8 in your Sound and Sense textbook.
- Click on the three links below for additional information on the poem. (You can borrow headphones from the library--there may not be enough for everyone, so you may have to share).
- Dulce et Decorum Est Video
- Click on this link for Notes On The Poem. To extend your understanding of Wilfred Owen, there are links included on the page to his biography and other information (optional).
- Click on this link for a Mini Lesson On the Poem (if you don't have headphones you can view subtitles on the slideshow.)
- 1. Complete the Multiple Choice quiz. You may use your text book to help you. You may also work quietly with other students and discuss your ideas. This quiz is meant to HELP you think and understand the poem better. It is for marks.
Step Four: Questions
- Answer questions 1-4 at the end of the poem using full sentences.
- Plural pronouns are “we” and “our"
- Singular pronouns are “I” , “my” and “you”
Step Five: Understanding a Poem
- Complete the “Understanding a Poem” worksheet.
- In 200-250 words discuss the tone, mood and imagery in the poem. Use specific quotes from the poem to support your ideas.
- Click on the "Dulce et Decorum Est" Mini Analysis page in the right hand margin of this blog for a guide and example.
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