dirge in woods by george meredith kaitlyn hagy. catch a little rhyme by eve merriameve merriam once...
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A wind sways the pines, And below Not a breath of wild air; Still as the mosses that glow On the flooring and over the lines Of the roots here and there. The pine-tree drops its dead; They are quiet, as under the sea. Overhead, overhead Rushes life in a race, As the clouds the clouds chase; And we go, And we drop like the fruits of the tree, Even we, Even so. George MeredithTRANSCRIPT
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Dirge in Woodsby
George Meredith
Kaitlyn Hagy
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Catch a Little Rhyme By Eve MerriamOnce upon a time
I caught a little rhyme
I set it on the floor but it ran right out the door
I chased it on my bicycle but it melted to an icicle
I scooped it up in my hat
but it turned into a cat
I caught it by the tail but it stretched into a whale
I followed it in a boat
but it changed into a goat
When I fed it tin and paper it became a tall skyscraper
Then it grew into a kite
and flew far out of sight ...
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A wind sways the pines, And below
Not a breath of wild air; Still as the mosses that glow
On the flooring and over the lines Of the roots here and there. The pine-tree drops its dead;
They are quiet, as under the sea. Overhead, overhead Rushes life in a race,
As the clouds the clouds chase; And we go,
And we drop like the fruits of the tree,
Even we, Even so.
George Meredith
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Biographical information
When Meredith was five his mother died. Meredith was sent to boarding school and became very
distant with his father. During the first five years of his marriage his wife had
several miscarriages and stillbirths. This led him to have nervous and digestive disorders.
Meredith’s wife left him and his five-year-old son alone. Meredith’s poems mostly come from experiences in his
life.
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Structure A wind sways the pines, And below
Not a breath of wild air; Still as the mosses that glow
On the flooring and over the lines Of the roots here and there. The pine-tree drops its dead;
They are quiet, as under the sea. Overhead, overhead Rushes life in a race,
As the clouds the clouds chase; And we go,
And we drop like the fruits of the tree, Even we, Even so.
1 stanza15 linesEnd rhyme
End rhyme:A- 1,5B- 2,4,12,15C- 3,6D- 7,9E- 8,13,14F- 10,11
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Speaker The speaker is a
older person and is getting ready to die but is happy that he has children to carry on his generation.
And we drop like the fruits of the tree,
Even we, Even so.
This part of the poem is showing that we go from a seed to a tree to make more seeds.
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Imagery
*This picture shows a casket in the woods because the poem is called “Dirge in the Woods” and dirge means a funeral song so the literal meaning of the title is funeral song in the woods.
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*In the poem it refers to our children as the seeds of a pine tree.
Imagery
“The pine-tree drops its dead;”
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Imagery
*The figurative meaning in the poem is that life goes in a big cycle just like nature in this case a tree.
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Imagery “A wind sways the
pines,”
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Alliteration
Alliteration- adds to the song/lyric in the poem; shows more emotion
A wind sways the pines, And below
Not a breath of wild air; Still as the mosses that glow
On the flooring and over the lines Of the roots here and there. The pine-tree drops its dead;
They are quiet, as under the sea. Overhead, overhead Rushes life in a race,
As the clouds the clouds chase; And we go,
And we drop like the fruits of the tree,
Even we, Even so.
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Similes
Simile- a comparison of two different things using like or as to show more exaggeration
• “And we drop like the fruits of
the tree,”• The pine-tree drops its dead; They are quiet,
as under the sea.
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Metaphor
Metaphor- a comparison when you say something is something other than it actually is.
This whole poem is a metaphor because it talks about humans being just like nature.
A wind sways the pines, And below
Not a breath of wild air; Still as the mosses that glow
On the flooring and over the lines Of the roots here and there. The pine-tree drops its dead;
They are quiet, as under the sea. Overhead, overhead Rushes life in a race,
As the clouds the clouds chase; And we go,
And we drop like the fruits of the tree,
Even we, Even so.
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Sensory language
Not a breath of wild air; - you use your mouth to breath
They are quiet, as under the sea. - quiet is what you hear
A wind sways the pines, - you feel the wind
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Literal meaning
The literal meaning is that a tree is swaying in the wind and pinecones are falling from it.
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Figurative meaning
The figurative meaning is that when you are born you start life cycle over just like in nature trees have a cycle that never ends.
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Author's purpose
You can’t escape death
A wind sways the pines, And below
Not a breath of wild air; Still as the mosses that glow On the flooring and over the
lines Of the roots here and there. The pine-tree drops its dead; They are quiet, as under the
sea. Overhead, overhead Rushes life in a race,
As the clouds the clouds chase;
And we go, And we drop like the fruits of
the tree, Even we, Even so.
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Theme
The cycle of life/death never ends.
A wind sways the pines, And below
Not a breath of wild air; Still as the mosses that glow
On the flooring and over the lines Of the roots here and there. The pine-tree drops its dead;
They are quiet, as under the sea. Overhead, overhead Rushes life in a race,
As the clouds the clouds chase; And we go,
And we drop like the fruits of the tree,
Even we, Even so.
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Sources
http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides7/Dirge.html http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/173964