Characteristics
& Elements of poetry
& Elements of poetry
1. There are two different ways to write a poetry. What are those?
1) Strict formal pattern
2) Free verse
1. What is one technique that writer usually use in order to recreate vivid sensory experiences for the reader?
Imagery
1. Identify the tone of the given poem.
A reflective tone.
1. Why do poets often make comparisons?
In order to convey meaning or emotion in fresh and interesting ways.
1. What are five different stages in plot?
Exposition, Rising action, Climax, Falling action, Resolution
2. The rhyme scheme of a poem is the pattern formed by the rhymes at the __________ of the lines.
end
2. What is the form of the given poem?
It is consisted of three quatrain (total twelve lines).
2. Identify the theme of the text.
Parental sacrifice and duty.
2-1. Identify the image of "robin."
2-2. Identify what "robin singing" symbolizes.
2-1. Being free.
2-2. A woman being happy.
2. How did the woman's attitude toward Brigid change before and after her marriage?
The woman knew everything about Brigid before getting married to him.
Also, she was being very nice.
According to him, she used to say Brigid was a harmless poor thing.
On top of that, she used to say she would look after her.
However, her attitude is not like before anymore.
3. When there is a repetition of vowel sound within words, we call this __________.
*Please name one word that should go into the given blank.
*Please provide an example.
Assonance / a greed as deep as the sea.
3. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
AABBCCDDEEFF
3. How many stanzas are in the given poem? After you found the number of stanzas, please identify the type of each stanza.
Three, Quintet/Quatrain/Quintet
3. What does she mean by the following lines?
"She spun herself into a web"
It means, she decided to give up her freedom.
3. Why did woman's husband die?
He died from a stroke.
4. Why do many poets include rhythm in their work?
To highlight the musical quality of language and to emphasize ideas and feelings.
4. The speaker's attitude in the first and the last stanza is different. How did it change?
At first, he was happy to hear the beautiful song. However, it reminds him past memories and it makes him sad at the end.
4. What can we infer from the fact that the main character's father has hurting hands?
We can infer that he is a physical labor / blue collar worker.
4. What does he mean by the following lines?
"she tried to be a book but he wouldn't read"
Next, the speaker tries to open herself up to him and become a book. She tries to allow him to be a part of her life by letting him know everything about her. The man in the speaker’s life refuses to read the book. The fact that he refuses to read the book says he does not want to be a part of her life.
4-1. What is the significant difference between monologue and aside?
4-2. What is one significant fact we know about soliloquy?
4-1. When a person delivers a monologue, he/she speaks for a long time. However, when he/she delivers an aside, he/she speaks for a short time.
4-2. Only one person stands on the stage and he/she acts like there are no one around them.
5. What are the differences between simile and metaphor? Please provide one example for each.
1) In a simile, a word such as like or as signals the comparison.
2) In a metaphor, there is no signal word.
5. Summarize the given poem in your own words.
The poem starts with the scene of a man listening to woman’s singing. It reminds him his good days, and it makes him sad at the end. This is because the memory that he had in the past is the best memory in his life. In other words, he is not as happy as past now.
5. Read the text below and identify which type of sound device it is.
“I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking.”
Metaphor
5. Read the text below and come up with two different interpretations.
she wanted to be a blade
of grass amid the fields
but he wouldn't agree
to be a dandelion
1) In this stanza, she wanted to be strong independent woman and all she wanted him to do was to be a simple “dandelion”. She didn’t need him to do anything for her. All she needed him to do was to stand beside her and be her support. However, the man chose not to do.
2) Dandelion has a very strong weed, which is hard to get rid of. This can be metaphor for the man strong and supportive.
5. Identify external/internal conflicts from the text.
External conflict: Human vs. Human
Internal conflict:
-Owen: His simultaneous desire to please his wife vs. his desire to take care for Brigid.
-His wife: Her concern that her daughters will never marry.