Love love love: Part 2

October 8, 2009

Today

1. Close Reading Skills2. Poetry Workshop

1. “Stop All the Clocks” (582)2. “Wreath for a Bridal” (583)3. “A Pink Wool Knitted Dress” (584)4. “Wayman in Love” (585)

3. Next Essay: Poetry

Sonnet Contest

http://www.cbc.ca/ontheisland/

Essay Tip

Your Title: Make it catchy Make it informative Do not underline/bold/italicize/make larger—

implies your paper is published

Essay: Love PoetryLove PoemsWreath for a BridalWreath for a Denial: Rejection in Plath’s Poetry

Close Reading Workshop

Small groups 1 poem only Conduct a close reading Share results with class

Close Reading Workshop: Steps1. Read it aloud with your group. Read it again.2. Go line-by-line as a group and feel

comfortable with every line.3. Create a “synopsis”—what, in a few

sentences, is this poem about?4. Theme5. Structure (rhythm, metre, stanzas)6. Speaker (who is the speaker?)7. Diction/figurative language (tone, literary

devices, type of language used)

“Stop All the Clocks”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_a-eXIoyYA

Plath and Hughes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZXKA4qXjn8

“Wayman in Love”