Day 96

Objective:  The students will analyze their first poem.

1.  Allusion notes:  Macbeth.

2.  How to Analyze Poems Notes:

2.  Listen to poem:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQBdxu9t-zs&t=10s&ab_channel=BrianMonk

3.  Read and analyze with a partner.

4.  Write an intro paragraph for the following prompt:

Robert Frost, in his poem "Out, Out," seems to be making a statement about the fragility of life.  In an essay, explain how the poet uses literary devices to present the overall purpose of the poem.

 

 

Allusion Notes:  Macbeth and “Out, out”

Allusion Notes:  Macbeth’s “Out, out brief candle!”

 “Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

·      Macbeth in Macbeth has a soliloquy at the end of the play when he hears his wife cry out as she dies.

·      Shakespeare is speaking through Macbeth.  He is saying that existence for each of us is only a moment of light before emptiness and darkness.

·      Before we are born, there is nothing.

·      After we die there is nothing.  Only darkness.

·      Being alive is like a brief light burning in the darkness.

·      We think we are important and what we do in life has significance.

·      But we are only a shadow that disappears when the light goes out.

 

 

 

day 95

Objective:  The students will analyze their first poem.

EDIT:  Due to a meeting during 4th, MC Practice "To Autumn" and then copy notes on "How to Analyze a Poem" below.

1.  Allusion notes:  Macbeth.

2.  How to Analyze Poems Notes:

2.  Listen to poem:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQBdxu9t-zs&t=10s&ab_channel=BrianMonk

3.  Read and analyze with a partner.

 

 

Allusion Notes:  Macbeth and “Out, out”

Allusion Notes:  Macbeth’s “Out, out brief candle!”

 “Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

·      Macbeth in Macbeth has a soliloquy at the end of the play when he hears his wife cry out as she dies.

·      Shakespeare is speaking through Macbeth.  He is saying that existence for each of us is only a moment of light before emptiness and darkness.

·      Before we are born, there is nothing.

·      After we die there is nothing.  Only darkness.

·      Being alive is like a brief light burning in the darkness.

·      We think we are important and what we do in life has significance.

·      But we are only a shadow that disappears when the light goes out.

 

 

How to Analyze a Poem:

Steps:

Before Reading if possible:  Look into the poet and the time period.  This may provide you with information that will help you analyze.  You can use your phone for this.

1.        Identify Form:

a.       Count and label stanzas

b.       Count and label lines if not done already

c.       Look for a rhyme scheme and identify

d.       Look for a specific rhythm (look at the number of syllables in the first few lines.)

2.       Identify the subject/situation of the poem.

3.       Identify the speaker of the poem (NEVER assume the speaker is the poet)

4.       Identify characters in the poem

5.       Find shifts in the poem (in tone, speakers, time periods, etc)

6.       Come up with a UT

7.       Identify Literary Devices

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 94

Objective:  The students will discuss Poetry Chapters outlined.

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1.  Get out both terms, both outlines for stamp.  While I am stamping, add onomatopoeia and juxtaposition to lit terms.

2.  Go over my slides for both chapters.  

3.  Copy allusion notes:

 

 

 

Allusion Notes:  Macbeth and “Out, out”

Allusion Notes:  Macbeth’s “Out, out brief candle!”

 “Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

·      Macbeth in Macbeth has a soliloquy at the end of the play when he hears his wife cry out as she dies.

·      Shakespeare is speaking through Macbeth.  He is saying that existence for each of us is only a moment of light before emptiness and darkness.

·      Before we are born, there is nothing.

·      After we die there is nothing.  Only darkness.

·      Being alive is like a brief light burning in the darkness.

·      We think we are important and what we do in life has significance.

·      But we are only a shadow that disappears when the light goes out.

 

 

How to Analyze a Poem:

Steps:

Before Reading if possible:  Look into the poet and the time period.  This may provide you with information that will help you analyze.  You can use your phone for this.

1.        Identify Form:

a.       Count and label stanzas

b.       Count and label lines if not done already

c.       Look for a rhyme scheme and identify

d.       Look for a specific rhythm (look at the number of syllables in the first few lines.)

2.       Identify the subject/situation of the poem.

3.       Identify the speaker of the poem (NEVER assume the speaker is the poet)

4.       Identify characters in the poem

5.       Find shifts in the poem (in tone, speakers, time periods, etc)

6.       Come up with a UT

7.       Identify Literary Devices