What are we up to today? Learn about ways of responding to imagery in a text. Learn about the ways metaphor creates an effect on the reader Learn how to analyse the layers of meaning within a metaphor. Apply what you have learned, in collaboration with others to interpret the meanings created within a poem. © George Spencer School 2010

METAPHOR ‘… a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action that it does not literally denote in order to imply a resemblance…’ From the Greek word for ‘transfer’ Learn about ways of responding to imagery in a text. Learn about the ways metaphor creates an effect on the reader Learn how to analyse the layers of meaning within a metaphor. Apply what you have learned, in collaboration with others to interpret the meanings created within a poem. © George Spencer School 2010

RESPONDING TO IMAGERY What do you associate with the following images?: - handcuffs - a clock - the moon - a shadow - a diamond - a storm - a cat - a gun - the colour crimson - a cigarette butt - a sunset - cobwebs Learn about ways of responding to imagery in a text. Learn about the ways metaphor creates an effect on the reader Learn how to analyse the layers of meaning within a metaphor. Apply what you have learned, in collaboration with others to interpret the meanings created within a poem. © George Spencer School 2010

What do the images make you think of when used in the following way and built into metaphors? the cobwebs in my mind handcuffs gripping my mind the clock in my mind shadows in my mind storms in my mind cigarette butts in my mind __________________________ cat-like thoughts diamond smiles crimson smiles the sunset of my life Learn about ways of responding to imagery in a text. Learn about the ways metaphor creates an effect on the reader Learn how to analyse the layers of meaning within a metaphor. Apply what you have learned, in collaboration with others to interpret the meanings created within a poem. © George Spencer School 2010

Now think about how a sequence of images and metaphors can build up into a poem… - a loaded gun My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun – In Corners – till a Day – The Owner passed – identified – And Carried Me away – Emily Dickinson Learn about ways of responding to imagery in a text. Learn about the ways metaphor creates an effect on the reader Learn how to analyse the layers of meaning within a metaphor. Apply what you have learned, in collaboration with others to interpret meanings created within a poem. © George Spencer School 2010

APPLY YOUR LEARNING – WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO! Read the poem together and focus on the imagery and metaphors – explore their effects. Try to decide on the following: What is the poem about? What is the poet’s attitude towards what she is exploring? Which metaphor(s) do you find particularly striking? Why? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO APPROACH ANALYSING THIS POEM? If you need help, you have three lifelines! Ask the other group Have one minute of help from a teacher in the room Phone an English specialist. Learn about ways of responding to imagery in a text. Learn about the ways metaphor creates an effect on the reader Learn how to analyse the layers of meaning within a metaphor. Apply what you have learned, in collaboration with others to interpret the meanings created within a poem. © George Spencer School 2010

A BIT OF REFLECTION AND A BIT OF HOMEWORK … What do you now understand about the use of metaphor and how to interpret metaphor? Sometimes metaphors can be extended throughout a section or a whole text – they may be repeated, or several aspects of the comparison may be developed. - Is ‘The Great Gatsby’ about a man with a dream? - Can you identify a repeated metaphor in ‘On Looking into the Eyes of a Demon Lover’?HOMEWORK Find a definition of the word ‘analogy’ and come up with one example. Learn about ways of responding to imagery in a text. Learn about the ways metaphor creates an effect on the reader Learn how to analyse the layers of meaning within a metaphor. Apply what you have learned, in collaboration with others to interpret the meanings created within a poem. © George Spencer School 2010