English Multimedia Poetry Analysis

English Multimedia Poetry and Analysis In this unit, we have been looking at different types of poem. For this assignment, you will have to find a poem on the website, Poetry in Voice, Choose one of the poems from the grade 9 to grade 12 appropriate section that is on the website. Demonstrate that you understand the poem clearly and complete the following two steps. Step #1 Whether it is a video or PowerPoint, add key images, music, or a voice over to bring the poem to life. Find a way to make the poem that you have selected visually interesting to read or hear. Ask yourself how can I make people feel the emotion or mood of this poem? How can I make the audience realize the importance of this poem? How can I highlight the important parts of the poem through images? Step #2 Include your analysis of the poem. Follow the Analysis sheet provided below and include all the information. Show that you clearly understand the poem. Once you have completed the assignment, upload your analysis and poem on Edublog by the end of Wednesday’s class. The tag for this assignment will be #Eng12poemanalysis. This assignment is worth 20 marks. Title of Poem_ Poor Speaker _ Type of Poem: Tercet Author_ Sonnet L'Abbé _ Literal Meaning After you read the poem, what does the literal meaning seem to be? What is happening in the poem? The literal meaning behind the poem, is meant to be a reflection of the feeling that resides in one when arguing with somebody close and hinting at their point in a stubborn way. People often speak poorly when trying to hint the point to the other person, and the literal meaning is the poet responding to them, saying to just state their point up front. Imagery Pick out three uses of imagery and write them below (this will most likely be a phrase or line from the poem), then explain what the poet is trying to convey with this image. (include line citations) 1]. IMAGE: _ There’s a comprehensive totality beyond, or above, or within, or outside. (11,12) _ MEANING: _ The poet gives us a visual representation that they are fine wherever they are. _ 2]. IMAGE: _ Rather, the feeling is fine like a fine point. (17) _ MEANING: _The poet is describing her feelings like a sharp object poking at her. _ 3]. IMAGE: _ What I hear is all words, but that’s not all there is. (8,9) _ MEANING: _ The poet describes hearing words, but let’s the audience know that there is more behind their words, such as another assertive meaning. _ Lyric Qualities Describe the sound of this poem. You will use terms like: internal rhyme, rhyme scheme, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and repetition. Find two specific lines or elements of the poem to discuss. List them and then tell what you think they mean. (include line citations) 1]. Lyric Device: _repetition – I get it. You want me to understand, (4,5) / You still want me to understand? (19) _ Meaning: _The poet is repeating themselves on the idea that the other person wants them to understand what they are talking about, while the poet does understand the idea entirely themselves. __________________________________________ 2]. Lyric Device: _Alliteration – Not that you’re feeling fine, I know. Rather, the feeling is fine like a fine point. (16,17) _ Meaning: _ The poet is trying to state that they know the person is not fine, and by repeating the f sounds so often, it helps build the poets point. _ Figurative Meaning Find at least two figurative devices and explain what they mean. You are looking for terms like: simile, metaphor, allusion, symbolism and personification. (include line citations) 1]. Figurative Device: _ Simile – Rather, the feeling is fine like a fine point. (17) _ Meaning: _ The poet is describing how they are feeling through the description they gave with “like”. _ 2]. Figurative Device: _ Metaphor? – There’s a comprehensive totality (11) _ Meaning: _ The metaphor given and broken down is saying ‘a complete wholeness,’ meant to exaggerate the poets meaning of understanding towards the person they are arguing with, using two words of almost identical meaning. (As a simile: There is comprehensiveness like totality/ completeness like wholeness) _ 3. Figurative Device: _ Allusion – Yes, yes. Your vocabulary can’t put the nuance on the fine feeling you wish to express. (14,15) _ Meaning: _ The statement is an allusion to how couples usually argue, with one acting stubborn while hinting at the problem and the other left to figure it out. _ Theme What do you think is the message of this poem? The message would be from an emotion, as so: Just quit your act and spit out the words you want to say! Multimedia Poetry Analysis Rubric Concerns: Areas to work on Criteria: Standard for this assignment Analysis of Poem Through breakdown of the poem. Clearly demonstrates that you understand the poem and how the literary devices enhance the meaning of the poem. Creativity Presenting the poem in a way that is visually appealing to the audience. Grammar Minimal to few errors in terms of spelling and sentence structure. Advanced: Exceeding expectations