Transcript Poetry Analysis Using TPCASTT

Poetry Analysis Using TPCASTT
English II
Ms. Tennant
Make a chart like this in your
journal (leave a big space for “C”)
The Sunflowers
T
title
Reread the poem and review your TPCASTT.
What do you think the title means?
Based on the title, what do you predict the poem is
about?
P
paraphrase
Summarize what happens in the poem in 1-3 sentences.
C
connotation
1. Identify figurative language used in the poem (esp.
simile/metaphor/personification).
2. Is there symbolism?
3. Are sound devices (alliteration, onomatopoeia,
rhythm, rhyme) used?
4. Give examples of the diction (word choice/ formalinformal)
5. The poem is told from what pt. of view?
A
attitude
What is the author’s attitude toward the subject
matter? What makes you think this?
S
shift
Is there s shift (change) in the speaker’s attitude,
the ideas presented, word choice, spacing of the
words/lines, or the rhythm? Give specific
examples.
T
title
Revisit the title. Now, what do you think the title
means? Go beyond the literal and examine a
possible abstract/symbolic meaning.
T
theme
What is the theme? What makes you think this? (If
you think the poem does not have a theme,
explain why you believe this.)
T is for TITLE
• Analyze the title first.
• What do you predict this poem will be
about?
• Write down your predictions.
• We will reflect on the title again after we
have read the poem.
• The next step is often omitted, but it is the
most important!!!!
READ THE POEM!!!!
P is for PARAPHRASE
• Paraphrasing is
putting something in
your own words.
• After reading the
poem, rewrite it in
your own words.
• This may be three
sentences or a page,
depending on the
particular poem.
C is for CONNOTATION
• Analyze the figures of
speech and sound
effects of the poem.
• These are the poetry
vocabulary we will
now review.
• These elements add to
the meaning.
Figures of Speech
(aka Figurative Language)
• Diction-Word Choice
• Imagery-Description
that makes an object
or experience so real
you can imagine it
with your senses
(sight, smell, taste,
touch, hearing)
I – S.H.A.M.P.O.O. !!
• Metaphor-comparison • Simile-comparison
between unrelated
between unrelated
things (Does NOT use
things that DOES use
like or as)
like or as.
• Ex. Life is a box of
chocolates.
• Ex. She walked like a
snail.
• Personification-a
figure of speech
where human
characteristics are
given to a nonliving
object/thing
• Symbolism-anything
that stand for or
represents something
else
• Irony-Opposite of
what is expected
•
• Paradox-statement
that seems
contradictory or
absurd but that
expresses the truth
• Wise fool
• Bittersweet
• "I can resist anything
but temptation."Oscar Wilde
• Oxymoron-a figure of
speech that combines
two opposing or
contradictory ideas
• Larger half
• Open secret
• Act naturally
• Yikes! Paradox and
Oxymoron sound the
same.
• They are VERY
similar.
• Paradox is more about
a truth as Oxymoron
is just opposites put
together.
Yes, there’s more!
• Allusion- A brief,
usually indirect
reference to a person,
place, or event--real
or fictional.
• "I violated the Noah
rule: predicting rain
doesn't count;
building arks does."
(Warren Buffett)
• "I was not born in a
manger. I was actually
born on Krypton and sent
here by my father, Jor-el,
to save the Planet Earth."
(Senator Barack Obama,
speech at a fund-raiser for
Catholic charities,
October 16, 2008)
• AlliterationRepetition of the first
sounds (tongue
twisters)
• Peter Piper picked a
peck of pickled
peppers.
• Onomatopoeia-sound
words that imitate real
sounds
• Assonance-repetition
of vowel sounds
• Fleet feet sweep by
sleeping geese.
• Consonancerepetition of identical
consonant sounds that
are preceded by
different vowels
• Don’t eat in that tent
Last one for “C”
• Rhyme-repetition of • Rhyme Scheme-The
word ending sounds pattern of rhyme in a
stanza of poetry
There once was a big brown cat
That liked to eat a lot of mice.
He got all round and fat
Because they tasted so nice.
a
b
a
b
A is for ATTITUDE
• Tone is the attitude of
the speaker toward the
subject of the poem.
S is for SHIFT
• If there is a change
in…
– Time
– Tone
– Speaker
This should always
be noted as this
will also affect the
meaning.
T is for TITLE (again)
• At this time, you should reconsider the
title.
• Were you right in your predictions?
• What other meanings might the title have
in light of your analysis?
• Next, the biggie….
T is for THEME
• As you already know, theme is the general
insight into life conveyed by the author
through his/her work.
• It does not make a judgment.
example: “Don’t do drugs” is not a
theme.
• It merely states something that is true to
life and the human condition.
How do I find the THEME?
• Look at the other
parts of TPCASTT.
• What insight are all of
these working
together to convey?
• What is the poet
trying to say about
life?
• What is the BIG idea?