1. Tekstanalyse og –historie F06 Session Seven: Poetry II

2. Agenda Repair work Repair work Genre specific aspects of study Genre specific aspects of study Group work Group work The essay assignment The essay assignment

3. Repair work Poetry contains images (foot, shoe) Poetry contains images (foot, shoe) Images have to be interpreted to create meaning: entrapment / fetishism Images have to be interpreted to create meaning: entrapment / fetishism The nature of interpretation: part and whole – the hermeneutic circle (Abrams, ”Interpretation and Hermeneutics”) The nature of interpretation: part and whole – the hermeneutic circle (Abrams, ”Interpretation and Hermeneutics”)

4. Poetry: genre specific aspects of study Plath: meaning (?) and sound - the repetition of /u:/ (you, do, shoe, achoo, blue, through, &c): rhyme Plath: meaning (?) and sound - the repetition of /u:/ (you, do, shoe, achoo, blue, through, &c): rhyme Frank O’Hara: meaning (?) and sight – Frank O’Hara: meaning (?) and sight – ”[…] Then onto the avenue where skirts are flipping above heals and blow up over grates.” (”A Step Away from Them”, ll. 8-11)

5. Poetry: genre specific aspects Larkin, ”This Be the Verse” Larkin, ”This Be the Verse” Syntactical organisation Syntactical organisation Stanzaic organisation – lines and stanzas Stanzaic organisation – lines and stanzas Imagery – metaphors, similes Imagery – metaphors, similes Tone – happy, sad, angry, pessimistic … Tone – happy, sad, angry, pessimistic … Meaning Meaning

6. Poetry: genre specific aspects Larkin, ”High Windows” Larkin, ”High Windows” Syntactical organisation Syntactical organisation Stanzaic organisation – lines and stanzas Stanzaic organisation – lines and stanzas Imagery – metaphors and similes Imagery – metaphors and similes Tone – happy, sad, angry, pessimistic … Tone – happy, sad, angry, pessimistic … Meaning Meaning

7. Poetry: genre specific aspects Philip Larkin, ”Aubade” Philip Larkin, ”Aubade” Why and how can Larkin’s poem be said to form an aubade? Why and how can Larkin’s poem be said to form an aubade? The tone of the poem? The tone of the poem?

8. The essay assignment New deadline – see homepage. New deadline – see homepage.