Poetry Analysis: Elements of Peotry

1. Dramatic Situation

• defined by speaker of poem (creates meaning)
• where, what, circumstances (context)

2. Structure

• different parts, relation
• pros (punctuation); new stanza
• syntax---> repeating a phrase
• has to do with meter/space on page
• grammar and meaning

3. Theme

• Example: LOVE
• love of what?

4. Grammar/ Meaning

5. Images/ Figures of Speech

• Senses:
• smell, taste, feel, see --> pattern?
• Figurative and Literal

6. Important/Single Words

• diction

7. Tone

• "Attitude author feels toward subject"
• territory of essay
• atmosphere: contextual, emotional feeling
• seen off of characters

8. Literary Devices

• metaphor, simile, personification. 

9. Prosody

• the structure of language that conveys the meaning of text and others intentions
• pattern of rhythm/sound used in poetry
• patterns of stress and intonation in a language
• theory or study of these patterns, or the rules governing them 

Dr. Tony Williams's Gresham College lecture on A Tale of Two Cities

• Manchester: Dickens first conceived the main idea of while acting Mr. Wilkie Collins' drama "The Frozen Deep w/ his children/ friends. -"As the idea became familiar to me it gradually shaped into present form, throughout its execution it has had complete possession of me. I have so far verified what has done and suffered through these pages..."
• 1857: Dickens assisted Collins in writing the drama "The Frozen Deep". 
• Dickens: "As the idea be familiar to me i gradually shaped into present form, throughout its executionit has has complete possession of me. I have so far verified what has done and suffered through these pages..."
• 1857: setting of "The Frozen Deep" was the Tabastock Square  inspired by 1845 Franklin Expedition. Turnis Family played "The Frozen Deep". Dickens fell in love w/ Ellen Turnis who portrayed Lucie on T.T.C. Dickens divorced his wife.
• 1858: April- Dickens did public readings for profit rather than for charity. Became the greatest reader/writer. May-separation w/ Catherine. June- separation made public. Nov.- started to wind up journal, separate from publisher. 
• 1859: April- new publisher, published T.T.C
• London= Posterity  Dickens saw connections of his writing about London. 
• T.T.c reminds readers of Persian Conquest
• 1870: Dickens Death 

My Vision Statement

Outline of Big Question

The Ten Guiding Questions of Great Expectations

First 10-15 pages of Great Expectations

Meaning of Great Expectations

Literature Analysis: The Poisonwood Bible

Literature Analysis Questions

Here is the initial set of questions for your literature analysis. We will refine this list and add to it after reading the first round of each others' analyses.

1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel you read.
2. Succinctly describe the theme of the novel. Avoid cliches.
3. Describe the author's tone.  Include three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).
4. Describe five literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthened your understanding of the theme and/or your sense of the tone.  Include three excerpts that will help your reader understand each one.

1.The Poisonwood Bible by: Barbara Kingsolver is a narration of 5 different point of views. 

Dickens Discussion Notes

We began our discussion of Dickens and his literature work by conversing his flaws and strengths. As we did this, my group realized the trouble we all had understanding the characterization of Dickens when we had not caught on to the fact that Mrs. Joe was Pip's sister and not a nun. This conversation led us to discussing the different literary techniques the author also uses. The literary techniques we ended up with was symbolism, theme, tone, point of view, imagery, diction, syntax, allusion, direct characterization, indirect characterization, and mood. We also talked about the book in general and how the characters had interesting names and if that told us something of Dickens personality, and if so what? The book, in my opinion, is rather interesting. The detail the author uses makes imagery a very strong technique because I can easily paint the picture in my head of what is going on. 

Big Question Introduction

The Afterlife