In Mrs Tilscher’s Class
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IN MRS TILSCHER’S CLASS
Carol Ann Duffy
Structure
DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN LOOK AT
STRUCTURE:
Regular rhyme scheme?
Regular structure (verses/stanzas)
Repetition
Caesura
Enjambment
(ASK THE QUESTION: WHAT DOES
THE POEM LOOK LIKE ON THE PAGE?)
Rhyme scheme?
Number of lines in each stanza?
Rhyme scheme?
No
Number of lines in each stanza?
1 –8
2nd – 8
3rd – 7
4th - 7
st
Why
do you think there is no regular
rhyme scheme?
Why
do you think Duffy breaks from the
eight lines per stanza pattern that starts
the poem?
LINE / SENTENCE LENGTH
Find examples of long sentences and short
sentences.
In each case say why this particular sentence
type has been used.
REPETITION
Why do poets use repetition?
REPETITION
This is when a poet or writer repeats a word,
phrase, idea or theme to create a particular effect
Usually it is used to emphasise a certain idea or
theme or to draw the reader’s attention to a
particular idea
WHAT WORDS / PHRASES / IDEAS ARE
REPEATED IN THE POEM?
Underline any examples of repetition in ‘In Mrs
Tilscher’s Class’
WHAT WORDS / PHRASES / IDEAS ARE
REPEATED IN THE POEM?
Pick one example of repetition and use it to fill in
your ‘structure’ table.
CAESURA
A pause in a line of verse dictated by sense (meaning) or
natural speech rhythm
A caesura is a strong pause within a line for emphasis /
variation
E.g.: There is a caesura right after the question mark in
the first line of this sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett
Browning:
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
Find an example of caesura in ‘In Mrs Tilscher’s
Class’
ENJAMBMENT
What does this term mean?
ENJAMBMENT
From the French word meaning ‘to straddle’
When a sentence runs onto the next line
There is no punctuation mark at the end of the
line (e.g.: full stop, comma, question mark)
ENJAMBMENT EXAMPLE
A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and asleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet
breathing.
from Keats' ‘Endymion’
Find an example of enjambment in ‘In Mrs
Tilscher’s Class’