Poetry and Visuals – Due January 13th, 2017 - Alison Edwards Web viewBend double, like old...

English 1201 January 2017 Poetry and Visuals

Poetry and Visuals English 1201 January, 2017

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Activity One: Poetry Analysis

Beyond Pastel by Katherine Lawrence

They’re getting divorced but tell us nothingwill change though I don’t know how moving from a bungalow to a row house & seeing Dad once a month doesn’t add up to change. So I go along for the ride because Dad’ssupposed to pick us up after we’ve shoppedfor bedroom stuff & I’ve got nothingbetter to do anyway.

Mom smiles sweet as cold cash at each salesmanin the carpet & drapery store where they offermy sister & me white mints fat as mushroomswhile we walk up & down the aisles trying to makeearth match the sky.

My sister stays forever loyal to her soft pink world, not me, I’ve moved beyond pastel. Mom suggests a white twistcarpet, purple drapes with a bedspread to match, a timeless combination, she says. But I know just because something matches doesn’t meanit will stay that way & I leave her sitting on a roll end sucking a mint.

Outside I find Dad in his car waiting to take us backto a rental house he’s furnished with second-handcouches & chairs, a set of grandma’s cottage dishes. Two single cots on wheels fold up like praying handshe stores in a bedroom closet between our sleepover visits. nothing matches except by accident.

I open the passenger door, slinde over beside him. Not even the radio is playing. He puts his arm aroundMe, hugs me hard as the glare of the sun bouncing offThe hood of our old blue Chevy.

Mom brings my sister over to the car, tells me I’m impossible, That I’m just like my father. Says here she is ready to decorateMy new bedroom in whatever colour a teenage girl might like & all I do is stomp out of the store to put in a hot car.

Black, I tell her. It matches everything.

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1. What is a thematic statement for this poem? How has the author used figurative language to develop this theme? Include two examples of figurative language from the poem. Make sure you explain your choices.

2. What is the intended mood of this poem? How does the author develop this mood?

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Activity Two: Comparison of poems

Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen

Bend double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we curced through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots, But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame, all blind;Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.

Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumblingFitting the clumsy helmets just in time, But someone still was yelling out and stumblingAnd flound’ring like a man in fire or lime. –Dim through the misty panes and thick green lightAs under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

In all my dreams before my helpless sightHe plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams, you too could paceBehind the wagon we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin, If you could hear, at every jolt, the bloodCome gargling from the froth-corrupted lungsBitter as the cudOf vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, - My friend, you would not tell with such high zestTo children ardent for some desparate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est1

Pro patria mori2.

1 Dulce et decorum est is Latin for ‘It is a sweet and fitting thing”

2 pro patria mori is Latin for ‘to die for your country”

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And he said, Fight On by Pauline Johnson

Time and its ally, Dark Disarmament, Have compassed me about, Have massed their armies and on battle bentMy forces put to rout;But though I fight alone, and fall, and die, Talk terms of Peace? Not I.

They war upon my fortress, and their gunsAre shattering its walls;My army plays the cowards’ part, and runs, Pierced by a thousand balls;They call for my surrender. I reply, “Give quarter now? Not I.”

They’ve shot my flag to ribbons, but in rentsIt floats above the height;Their ensign shall not crown my battlementsWhile I can stand and fight. I fling defiance at them as I cry, “Capitulate? Not I.”

The first poem was written by a poet who was writing during World War One. He was a soldier who fought in the war and was killed one week before it ended. He was known for writing realistic poems about the horrors of war.

The second poem was written by Pauline Johnson, who was also known as Tekahionwake. She was a popular Canadian poet and performer. This poem was written shortly after she was told she was dying.

1. What is the message of the first poem? What is the author’s purpose in writing it?

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2. The second poem uses an extended metaphor. What is this metaphor and is it effective?

3. Compare the tone of these two poems. How do their themes, values, diction and representation of conflict compare and contrast? First, do jot notes in the table and then write an answer that discusses the tone and ONE of the other literary devices.

Poem Dulce and Decorum Est And they said, fight onTone

Theme(thematic statement)

Values

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Diction

Conflict

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Activity Three: Listening

This poem will be read twice. You will have 2 minutes to look over the questions before it is played and then four minutes in between each reading. Answer all the questions.

Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden

1. Which best describes this poem?

a. Balladb. Elegyc. Lyric Poetryd. Sonnet

2. The rhyme scheme of this poem is:

a. aabb ccdd eeff gghhb. abab cdcd efef ghghc. aabb aabb aabb aabbd. abcd efgh abcd efgh

3. The speaker in this poem has suffered a(n):a. Lossb. Birthdayc. Alien Encounterd. English Test

4. What was the speaker wrong about?

a. That love never diesb. That dogs will bark for bonesc. That love would last foreverd. That no one would call.

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Short Answer Question

5. What is the main message of this poem? Giving two examples from it, explain your answer.

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Activity Four: Visual Analysis

(Note – the small text under the word ‘Imagination” states: “Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground” as said by Theodore Roosevelt. The picture is of a starry night as seen through forest of trees).

1. Which is this visual an example of?A. CollageB. GraphicsC. PosterD. Storyboard

2. Which is the line and the black space around the inside picture known as?A. AngleB. FrameC. IntensityD. Panel

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3. The line under the word ‘Imagination’ is used to what purpose?A. EmphasisB. HarmonyC. ShadowD. Value

4. Which is the best example of focal point for this image?A. Black SpaceB. ‘Imagination’C. QuoteD. Trees

5. Describe the composition of this visual. Include reference to at least two elements of the visual. (6)

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Activity Five: Visual Analysis

“My Heart has Grown Two Feet”

1. The background of the visual is:a. The baby’s feetb. The colour blackc. The man’s fingersd. The title

2. The focal point of the visual is:a. The baby’s feetb. The colour black c. The man’s fingersd. The title

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3. The mood of this visual is:a. Angstb. Indifferencec. Revulsiond. Tenderness

4. The lines in this visual are:a. Manufacturedb. Organicc. Sadd. Slow

5. Explain the effectiveness of the title, “My Heart has Grown Two Feet.” Support your answer with two different visual techniques used by the photographer. (Value: 6 marks)

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Activity Six: Poetry Analysis

Doing Without by David Ray

's an interesting

custom, involving such in-

visible items as the food

that's not on the table, the clothes

that are not on the back

the radio whose music

is silence. Doing without

is a great protector of reputations

since all places one cannot go

are fabulous, and only the rare and

enlightened plowman in his field

or on his mountain does not overrate

what he does not or cannot have.

Saluting through their windows

of cathedral glass those restaurants

we must not enter (unless like

burglars we become subject to

arrest) we greet with our twinkling

eyes the faces of others who do

without, the lady with the

fishing pole, and the man who looks

amused to have discovered on a walk

another piece of firewood.

from Gathering Firewood, 1974, Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, C

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1. Through examining the point of view, we know that the speaker of this poem is obviously:

a. Afraidb. Contentedc. Poord. Rich

2. Why are these people “doing without”?a. They do not want thingsb. They lack family connectionsc. They lack moneyd. They lack spiritual guidance

3. Which type of figurative language is used in the following, from lines 16 – 18?

“we must not enter (unless like burglars we become subject to arrest)”

a. Apostropheb. Metaphorc. Personificationd. Simile

4. Which of the following type of sensory appeal is revealed by the line “the radio whose music is silence” in lines 6 - 7?

a. Auditoryb. Gustatoryc. Olfactoryd. Tactile

5. What is meant by “protector of reputations” in line 8?a. People who are poor have bad reputationsb. People who are poor would not understand the finer things in lifec. Reputations are not importantd. We don’t always know who is poor because the poor can’t go to the same places

that the rich can go

6. The use of the apostrophe with the letter “s” in the opening line is an example of which of the following?

a. Commab. Contractionc. Parenthesisd. Pluralization

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7. Which of the following words best describes the phrase “the food that’s not on the table” in lines 3 - 4?

a. Allusionb. Contrast c. Imageryd. Metaphor

8. Which word best describes the attitude of the “enlightened plowman” mentioned in lines 11 - 13?

a. Condescendingb. Enthusiasticc. Optimisticd. Realistic

9. What is the theme of this poem? Use two specific references to support your answer.

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10. How is diction used effectively in this poem? Use two specific references to support your answer.

Activity Seven: Visual Analysis

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1. Which is this visual an example of?A. CaricatureB. Editorial CartoonC. PosterD. Storyboard

2. What is the focal point?A. Balloon stating ‘Hate’B. Child in deskC. Puddles on deskD. Rain

3. The position of the figure in the desk indicates which emotion?A. Anger

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B. HappinessC. RegretD. Sadness

4. Which is the shading on the balloons indicating?A. EmphasisB. Focal PointC. LightingD. Perspective

5. Explain the composition of this visual. How does the composition help it relay its message?

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