Transcript Poetic Analysis

Poetic Analysis
An introduction
Warm up: Prepare to take notes in
your binder.
Poetic Analysis
Poetic analysis is a detailed discussion of how
the language of a poem contributes to its
meaning.
To analyze a poem, you will need to correctly
identify the poetic devices in the poem as well
as give a very detailed close reading of the
poem.
Poetic Analysis
Poetic analysis can be done in five easy steps.
1. Read the poem silently to yourself.
2. Reread the poem aloud.
3. Read the poem again silently to yourself.
4. Decide what you think the poem is about. If you
have no idea, paraphrase the poem line by line
to help you figure it out.
5. Identify the poetic devices you see in the poem
using the knowledge rating we did in class and
mark them on the poem.
Poetic Analysis
Let’s analyze the following poem together:
My Sister Sybil
By Colin West
Sipping soup, my sister Sybil
Seems inclined to drool and dribble.
If it wasn’t for this foible,
Meal-time would be more enjoiable!
Read the poem silently to yourself.
Poetic Analysis
My Sister Sybil
By Colin West
Sipping soup, my sister Sybil
Seems inclined to drool and dribble.
If it wasn’t for this foible,
Meal-time would be more enjoiable!
•What is this poem about?
Poetic Analysis
My Sister Sybil
By Colin West
Sipping soup, my sister Sybil
Seems inclined to drool and dribble.
If it wasn’t for this foible,
Meal-time would be more enjoiable!
•What poetic devices do you see in this poem?
Poetic Analysis
My Sister Sybil
By Colin West
Sipping soup, my sister Sybil A
Seems inclined to drool and dribble. A
If it wasn’t for this foible, B
Meal-time would be more enjoiable! B
Imagery
Poetic Analysis
• Now try it on your own.
• At your table, do a poetic analysis of “Jim Who
Ran Away From His Nurse, and Was Eaten by a
Lion.”
• What is the poem about?
• Which poetic devices were used?
• Why did Belloc use these devices?
Poetic Analysis Writing
Now let’s use the analysis you’ve done to write
about poetry.
Poetic Analysis
You can write an analysis of a poem in 3 easy steps.
• Just remember to P.E.E.!
• P.E.E. stands for:
• Point
• Evidence
• Explanation
Step 1- Point
• What is the topic of the paragraph?
• The first sentence must make it clear
what the paragraph will be about.
• For example: At the beginning of “A
Christmas Carole,” Scrooge is a nasty and
uncaring man.
Step 2- Evidence
• What words or phrases or events prove or
illustrate your point?
• The next sentence should give evidence from
the text. It must relate directly to your point!
• For example: Charles Dickens describes him as
“hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel
had ever struck out generous fire”(2).
Step 3- Explanation
• What does the author want the reader to think or
feel by using those words?
• Explain how the evidence illustrates or proves your
point.
• For example: This gives the impression that Scrooge
is more like stone or metal than a human being.
Dickens uses the simile to point out to the reader how
uncaring and mean Scrooge is. It also shows that he
is not a warm or generous man and one expects that
he will be the villain of the story.
The Whole Paragraph Reads
At the beginning of “A Christmas Carole,” Scrooge is a
nasty and uncaring man. Charles Dickens describes him as
“hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck
out generous fire”(2). This gives the impression that
Scrooge is more like stone or metal than a human being.
Dickens uses the simile to point out to the reader how
uncaring and mean Scrooge is. It also shows that he is not
a warm or generous man and one expects that he will be
the villain of the story.
Poetic Analysis Writing
• The first P.E.E. paragraph used a short story.
• Let’s look at another example using a poem.
Poetic Analysis Writing
In the poem “My Sister Sybil,” Colin West uses
alliteration to show how noisily his sister eats.
For example, the poet writes, “Sipping soup, my
sister Sybil/Seems …” West uses alliteration by
repeating the “s” sound at the beginning of five
words. The repetition of this sound imitates the
noise created by a person slurping food loudly.
West recreates the noise he hears at dinner to
help the reader understand what it is like to eat
with his sister.
Poetic Analysis Writing
• Use the P.E.E. paragraph format to write an
analysis of the poem “Jim Who Ran Away
From His Nurse, and Was Eaten by a Lion.”
• In your paragraph:
– Chose only one poetic device and define it.
– Give one example of that device being used in the
poem.
– Explain why Hiliare Belloc used that device in the
poem.