Define Point of View
The angle from which a story is told.
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.
'We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,"
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
Poetry written in the first person uses these pronouns.
What is "I", "me" or "we"?
Poetry that uses "you" as a point of view, is written in this person.
What is second person?
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the King's horses and all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again
Identify where the personification is in the poem:
"Have you got a brook in your little heart,
Where bashful flowers blow,
And blushing birds go down to drink,
And shadows tremble so?"
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, Have You Got A Brook In Your Little Heart
What is bashful flowers/ blushing birds / shadows tremble?
"...He wanted to help her down the stairs. Mrs. Smith ...was determined to do this on her own, to prove she wasn't a helpless old lady . . ." is an example of this point of view.
What is third person omniscient point of view?
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
The people along the sand
All turn and look one way.
They turn their back on the land.
They look at the sea all day.
As long as it takes to pass
A ship keeps raising its hull;
The wetter ground like glass
Reflects a standing gull.
"...The wind sings in its turnings, the water murmurs as it goes,..." is written from this point of view.
What is third person point of view?