POETRY REVIEWRHYME: ENDING OF WORDS (FLOOR, DOOR)

RHYME SCHEME: RHYME PATTERN (AABC)

REPETITION: REPEATED WORD USED TO STRESS OR PUT EMPHASISM

SIMILE : USE OF ‘LIKE’ OR ‘AS’ TO COMPARE

METAPHOR: COMPARISON BETWEEN 2 UNLIKE THINGS

OXYMORON: TWO CONTRASTING WORDS NEXT TO EACH OTHER TO SIGNIFY SOMETHING

ALLITERATION: THE REPEATED SOUND OF THE FIRST CONSONANT IN A SERIES OF MULTIPLE WORDS

IMAGERY: APPEAL TO SENSES – TASTE, SIGHT, SOUND, TOUCH, SMELL

EXAGGERATION: TO EMPHASIZE OR HEIGHTEN EFFECT – HYPERBOLE

IDIOM: WORDS TOGETHER = DIFFERENT MEANING WORDS SEPARATE = INDIVIDUAL HAVE DIFFERENT MEANING

ONAMATOPEIA: WORD FORMED FROM SOUNDS - BUZZ, CLICK

PERSONIFICATION: GIVING HUMAN QUALITIES TO AN ANIMAL OR OBJECT

ZOOMORPHISM: GIVING ANIMAL QUALITIES TO A HUMAN OR OBJECY

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloudby William Wordsworth

I Wandered Lonely as a CloudIntroducing the Poem

Click here to listen to the first stanza.

Analysis

In this poem the speaker describes a memorable, inspiring moment in which he connected deeply with nature.

• The opening lines compare the speaker, in his solitary strolling, to a drifting cloud.

• The solitude is broken when the speaker notices some daffodils “dancing in the breeze.”

READ THE POEM

1) FIND THE RHYMIC PATTERN

2) WHAT KEYWORDS STAND OUT TO YOU? WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON ?

3) WHAT IS THE POEM ABOUT (LITERAL)

4) WHAT POETIC TECHNIQUES ARE USED ?

5) WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE POEM ?

SOME IDEAS

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SIMILE: AS A CLOUD

PERSONIFICATION: DAFFODILS DANCING IN THE BREEZEé

OXYMORON: BLISS OF SOLITUDE

SYMBOL: THE CLOUD DAFFODILS

WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN THE CLOUD AND DAFFODILS ?

The World is Too Much With Us

The World Is Too Much With Usby William Wordsworth

WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

SORDID BOON – Sordid is a strongly negative word dirty, cruel, filthy, even selfish."Boon" is something granted to you – a favor, a benefit.

BOSOM – Chest

PAGAN - One who has little or no religion and who delights in sensual pleasures and material goods

CREED OUTWORN – system of RELIGIOUS beliefs

LEA – grassland/meadow

FORLORN – appearing sad/lonely

PROTEUS – a sea God

TITAN – giant sized family of Gods

READ THE POEM

1) FIND THE RHYMIC METER

2) WHAT KEYWORDS STAND OUT TO YOU? WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON ?

3) WHAT IS THE POEM ABOUT (LITERAL)

4) WHAT POETIC TECHNIQUES ARE USED ?

5) WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE POEM ?

Analysis

The Poet states how the world is so overwhelming and how we do not focus on its beauty (nature) and that we waste ourselves.

He then goes on to describe the world based on the elements of water (sea), air (wind), earth (flowers) and how we are out of tune with our planet. (it moves us not)

He concludes that he rather be a Pagan (a worshipper or enthusiast of nothing), looking at the sea, so it looks like he cares (make me less forlorn).

SOME IDEAS

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OXYMORON: SORDID BOON

CONTRAST: PAGAN / CREED

PERSONIFICATION: SEA THAT BARES HER BOSOMZOOMORPHISM: WINDS THAT WILL BE HOWLING

SYMBOL: POWERS, GETTING/SPENDING

POETRY TEST

1 POEM – 2 STANZAS

LITERAL QUESTIONS:

WHAT IS THE SETTING ?WHAT IT THE POEM ABOUT ?

INTERPRETATIVE QUESTIONS:

WHAT ARE THE POETIC TECHNIQUES THAT ARE USED ?WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE POEM ?