Mother To Son
The author of this poem
Who is Langston Hughes?
Simile
A comparison between two things using like or as
What is figurative language?
Language that is used in a non-literal way to express something
What kind of imagery is this:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler
Visual
The part in italics is an example of:
"The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;. It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil. Crushed.
Simile
What kind of figurative language is this?
"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair."
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Extreme Exaggeration
What is the rhyme scheme in this poem?
As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;
As tumbled over rim in roundy wells
Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell's
Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name;
Each mortal thing does one thing and the same:
Deals out that being indoors each one dwells;
Selves — goes itself; myself it speaks and spells,
Crying Whát I dó is me: for that I came.
I say móre: the just man justices;
Keeps grace: thát keeps all his goings graces;
Acts in God's eye what in God's eye he is —
Chríst — for Christ plays in ten thousand places,
Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his
To the Father through the features of men's faces.
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What kind of imagery is this?
"I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold."
Gustatory
The specific word choice that an author uses is called:
Diction
What kind of figurative language is this?
"And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light."
Juxtaposition
Metaphor
Comparison between two things w/o using like or as
What kind of figurative language is this?
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me
Personification
What kind of imagery is this?
"Standing in darkness with face upturned as
Frosty, feathery stars drift down from the sky
And land like gentle kisses from cold lips
On my cheeks, my nose, my lips and closed eyes."
Tactile
Define Syntax.
The way a sentence is formatted/structured
Why does Hughes choose to structure his poem like this?
"And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare."
-Resembles stairs
-The word bare reveals the hold in the carpet that the author is talking about
Poetry
An attempt to express the inexpressible and describe the indescribable.
Why is poetry written? Why does it exist.
Because every author has a specific goal, a specific message in mind. They are trying to express something. Poetry is written on purpose, for a purpose.
What kind of imagery is this:
"As tumbled over rims in roundy wells
Stones ring."
Auditory
What kind of question is this:
"What happens to a dream deferred?"
Rhetorical Question
What is the shifting point in this poem? At what point does the mood change?
Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps
’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now—
For I’se still goin’, honey,
I’se still climbin’,
And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
But all the time...
Symbol
Any real thing that has a deeper meaning beyond what it actually is.
FINAL JEOPARDY.
What is the green light in this video? Be specific
A symbol of Gatsby's great love for Daisy, and his dream to be with her.
The bridled smoke of the accident wafted towards me.
Regret.
Despair.
These things mixed with the bitter dankness of the air.
Olfactory
What is the author saying in this poem:
Glory be to God for dappled things –
For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings;
Landscape plotted and pieced – fold, fallow, and plough;
And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim.
God's glory and beauty is revealed in EVERYTHING, including the smallest, most miniscule creatures.