poetry pre-notes
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Reading for a Reason
Some individuals find poetry difficult• Intimidating• Subtle tone• Obscurity• Confusing• Does not get to the point directly
Poetry must be deciphered• Often omits explanation, causing a need for
decompression• Many glaze over without reading closely• Not impossible to understand
Rephrasing – Put poem in own words Voice – Who is the poem’s speaker? Diction – Word choice? Imagery – What images are presented? Figures of speech – Metaphor? Simile?
Hyperbole? Personification? Understatement?
Sound – Are rhythm and meter regular or irregular? Alliteration? Assonance?
Symbols, Allegory, Allusion, Myth – What signals are used to convey the message?
Theme – What is the overall theme of the poem? How are those themes expressed?
You have the poems – mark them up! Break out the highlighters and pens In the margins, you should write
information that comes to mind as you read
Write questions as you move along
Don’t be intimidated – you can glean something from every poem
Read and reread – poetry is short – therefore you should plan on reading each poem at least three times• Each time you read the poem you will
discover more