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