poetry how does a poet’s diction, syntax, & fig. lang. create tone & theme?
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POETRYHOW DOES A POET’S DICTION, SYNTAX, & FIG. LANG.
CREATE TONE & THEME?
DICTION . . . WORD CHOICE• POETIC
• FORMAL/ELEVATED/HIGH . . . COMPANION
• MIDDLE/NEUTRAL . . . FRIEND
• LOW/INFORMAL . . . PEEP OR BRO (SLANG, COLLOQUIAL, DIALECT)
• JARGON (SPORTS, MEDICAL, HOBBY, JOB, EDUCATION, ETC.)
• IDIOM (PUT IT IN A NUTSHELL.)
• CONCRETE VS. ABSTRACT NOUNS
WHICH ONE?• WHAT UP, DOG?
• HOW DO YOU FARE TODAY, COMRADE?
• HOW ARE YOU?
• JUMP SHOT
• HOOPDIE
• BRAIN-BASED LEARNING AND GUIDED PRACTICE OF THE LESSON
• “THE PRIDE OF LIFE THAT PLANNED HER, STILLY COUCHES SHE.”
• ICE-BREAKER
• KICKED THE BUCKET
DENOTATION VS. CONNOTATIONWHAT IS THE DENOTATION (DEFINITION) OF 9-11?
HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE CONNOTATION (EMOTIONS & BAGGAGE/MEMORIES/INFORMATION ATTACHED)?
WHAT IS THE DENOTATION OF “SUMMER”? CONNOTATION?
HOW ABOUT “GRADUATION”?
PERSONA OR SPEAKER NOT NECESSARILY THE POET!
FICTIONAL CREATION
AMBIGUITYHALLMARK OF MODERN LITERATURE
VARIETY OF INTERPRETATIONS, DELIBERATELY VAGUE OR DOUBLE MEANINGS (DOUBLE ENTENDRE)
SYNTAX . . . SENTENCE STRUCTURE ORLAYOUT ON THE PAGE
• POETIC
• FORMAL/ELEVATED/HIGH . . . VERB BEFORE SUBJECT OR PHRASES BEFORE VERB (SORT OF LIKE YODA!)
“A STORY OF WOE SANG SHE” OR “OF MAN’S FIRST DISOBEDIENCE . . . SING, HEAVENLY MUSE”
(MILTON’S PARADISE LOST) OR “WHAT DIRE MIGHTY CONTESTS RISE FROM TRIVIAL THINGS, I SING.” (POPE’S
“THE RAPE OF THE LOCK”)
• MIDDLE/NEUTRAL . . . AVERAGE (SUBJECT-VERB-PHRASES/ADJECTIVE ORDER)
• LOW/INFORMAL . . . (COLLOQUIAL, DIALECT) . . . FRAGMENTS, RUN-ONS, 2ND PERSON APPARENT POV
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LET’S ANALYZE POETRY.TAKE NOTES ON KEY DICTION / SYNTAX
804, 811, 812, 828, 807.
GROUPWORK: POETRY ON LOVE809, 812, 814, 816
COMPARE/CONTRAST 807 & 824.WRITE 2 PARAGRAPHS.
WHAT IS THE KEY ELEMENT IN TYING THE DICTION & SYNTAX TO THEME?