1. POETRY ANALYSIS Modern and Post-Modern Poetry

2. YOU DON’T HAVE TO COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND A POEM TO APPRECIATE IT! Many critics and experts in poetry don’t even agree on a what some poems mean, so I am not asking you to know it all. Many critics and experts in poetry don’t even agree on a what some poems mean, so I am not asking you to know it all. Instead, I am asking that you use your knowledge of poetic devices to make an interpretation that can be supported by evidence from the poem. Instead, I am asking that you use your knowledge of poetic devices to make an interpretation that can be supported by evidence from the poem.

3. LITERARY TERMS 1. Speaker 1. Speaker 2. Tone 2. Tone 3. Ambiguity 3. Ambiguity 4. Symbolism 4. Symbolism 5. Scansion 5. Scansion

4. ANALYSIS Title Title Speaker Speaker Ambiguity in the poem Ambiguity in the poem Tone(s) with evidence Tone(s) with evidence Figurative Language Figurative Language Symbols and how they create meaning Symbols and how they create meaning Sound devices and how they contribute to meaning Sound devices and how they contribute to meaning Message Message

5. NOW PUT IT ALL TOGETHER Write a paragraph where you discuss the elements from the previous slide. Topic Sentence: State title and poet’s name and the overall message. Topic Sentence: State title and poet’s name and the overall message. Use the elements discussed for your main ideas. Use the elements discussed for your main ideas. Use examples for each elements and discuss how they affect the message. Use examples for each elements and discuss how they affect the message.

6. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening BY ROBERT FROSTROBERT FROST Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfOxdZfo0gs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXo_bmftaEM He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUaQgRiJukA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUaQgRiJukA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUaQgRiJukA