1.  “The ground grew softer under his moccasins; the vegetation grew ranker, denser; insects bit him savagely” (Pg. 65).

2. “The baying of the hounds drew nearer, then still nearer, nearer, ever nearer.”

3.  “I h u nt the sc u m of the earth: sailors from tramp ships--lassars, blacks, Chinese, whites, mongrels--a thoroughbred h o rse o r hound is worth m o re than a sc o re of them."

4. "I am still a beast at bay,” he said.

5. In addition to looking for poetic devices, we will also be using scansion symbols to determine the stress/unstressed syllables.

6.  A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.

7. The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes, The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening, Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains, Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys, Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap, And seeing that it was a soft October night, Curled once about the house, and fell asleep

8.  The fog is being compared to a cat. The comparison is evident throughout. Thus, it is an extended metaphor.

9.  Alliteration: same beginning sounds.  Assonance: repetition of vowel sounds to create rhyme.  Repetition: repeated words or phrases.  Rhyme: the repetition of the same (or similar) sound, especially at the end or words, lines, or sentences.

10. Main ideas in each stanza (WRITE IN COLUMN AS WE READ/ANNOTATE) 1. Meter (COLOR) 2. Alliteration (COLOR) 3. Assonance (COLOR) 4. Consonance (COLOR) Thematic Statements…

11.  IDEA: Making Choices  EVIDENCE: ◦ And having perhaps the better claim (7) ◦ I shall be telling this with a sigh (16)  Author’s Attitude ◦ The author seems to have a difficult time making the choice and determining which path to follow. However, in retrospect, the choice seemed easy enough.  Thematic Statement: ◦ Choices, if well reasoned and rationalized, are difficult in the moment yet easily forgotten in the future.

12. Universal idea: Life is a journey Evidence (line #s from above): Author’s Attitude: Thematic Statement:

13.  Alliteration: same beginning sounds.  Assonance: repetition of vowel sounds to create rhyme.  Repetition: repeated words or phrases.  Rhyme: the repetition of the same (or similar) sound, especially at the end or words, lines, or sentences.

14. Read once through…. Main ideas by age in TEAMS Annotate as a class: 1. Meter (COLOR) 2. Alliteration (COLOR) 3. Assonance (COLOR) 4. Consonance (COLOR) Thematic Statements…

15.  Which poem pictures life as a journey that follows a set course?  Which poem portrays a life in which you must make choices on your own?  Which poem is easier to read?

16. From childhood's hour I have not been As others were -- I have not seen As others saw -- I could not bring My passions from a common spring -- From the same source I have not taken My sorrow -- I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone - And all I lov'd -- I lov'd alone -- Then -- in my childhood -- in the dawn From ev'ry depth of good and ill The mystery which binds me still -- From the torrent, or the fountain -- From the red cliff of the mountain -- From the sun that 'round me roll'd In its autumn tint of gold -- From the lightning in the sky As it pass'd me flying by -- From the thunder, and the storm -- And the cloud that took the form (When the rest of Heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view -