TRANSCENDENTAL POETRYDay One

POETRY SKILLS: NOTESWRITE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION DOWN IN YOUR NOTES

•Stanza: Groups of lines sometimes characterized by a repeated pattern of rhyme or number of lines•Irregular Capitalization: emphasizes words•Dash: inventive punctuation and sentence structure, including the use of dashes to highlight important words and break up the rhythm of poetry•Rhyme Scheme: pattern of the end rhyme in a stanza or an entire poem. Rhyme helps to make the words of a poem memorable and is often used to emphasize important words in the poem.•Slant Rhyme: words that do not exactly rhyme (Tomb/True)•Repetition: repeated words or phrases

SKILLS REVIEWYOU SHOULD ALREADY HAVE THIS INFORMATION, BUT LET’S REVIEW. WRITE IT IN YOUR NOTES IF IT’S NOT THERE ALREADY.

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•Appeal to senses: Descriptive words that appeal to one of the 5 senses (sight, smell, tough, sound, taste)•Diction: Specific words used to convey the author’s tone•Tone: How the author feels about the subject•Central Ideas: Smaller ideas that develop the theme•Theme: The underlying message or observation about life or human behavior

TASK: (TO BE TURNED IN)

Annotate “A Psalm of Life” to find any and all of the above literary devices. Number each stanza Letter the rhyme scheme (abab/aabb…) Place a star next to each dash Underline repeated words Circle words that are irregularly capitalized Highlight important lines or phrases (central

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Here is a copy of the poems – print it out and annotate it!

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In the space beneath “A Psalm of Life,” do the following: Theme – tell in your own words, what the theme

of the poem is. Author’s Belief – Tell how the author feels about

the topic. (this should be an adjective) Details – tell what words in the poem helped you

identify the author’s belief Central ideas – choose at least two phrases you

highlighted and explain the message presented in those lines.