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Test Prep Tuesday Analyzing the Structure of a Poem

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Test Prep TuesdayAnalyzing the Structure of a Poem

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Analyzing the Structure of a Poem

A poem is a little like a photograph.

It captures an important moment, or expresses a strong feeling.

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Analyzing the Structure of a Poem

To get the most out of a poem, it helps to know that poems have a special structure (type of organization).

Structure can refer to how the lines or ideas of a poem are organized.

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Analyzing the Structure of a Poem

Poems are made up of lines and stanzas.

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Analyzing the Structure of a Poem

You need to put together the meaning of all the individual lines to find the theme (central message) that the poem is trying to convey.

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Analyzing the Structure of a Poem

Make the following chart in your folder.

Stanza Main Idea

1

2

3

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A boat beneath a sunny sky,Lingering onward dreamily

In an evening of July-

Children three that nestle near,

Eager eye and willing ear,Pleased a simple tale to hear-

Long has paled that sunny sky:Echoes fade and memories die:Autumn frosts have slain July.

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How is the poem organized?

What is the poem’s message?

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Stanza Main Idea

1 A boat drifts peacefully one evening in July

2 Children gather happily to enjoy a story

3 Cold fall weather has destroyed summer fun

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Each line of a poem contributes to the overall theme of the poem. Look again at the main ideas in the chart. Taken together, they convey the message of….

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Create the following chart in your folder.

Stanza Main Idea Theme

1 Being relaxed and getting along with people is the key

to life.

2

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Read the following poem. The speaker talks about music, or “jive,” and about other things he or she “digs,” or likes.

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Motto by Langston Hughes

I play it cooland dig all jive.That’s the reasonI stay alive.

My motto,As I live and learn,

is:Dig And Be DugIn Return.

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What did you notice about the structure, or organization, of this poem?

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Poems are often organized into stanzas.

A stanza is a group of lines that form a unit in a poem.

Like a paragraph, each stanza has its own main idea. Taken together, these main ideas develop the poem’s theme.

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Stanza Main Idea Theme

1

2

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The Heart of a WomanBy Georgia Douglas Johnson

The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn,As a lone bird, soft winging, so restlessly on,Afar o’er life’s turrets and vales does it roamIn the wake of those echoes the heart calls home.

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The heart of a woman falls back with the night,And enters some alien cage in its plight,And tries to forget it has dreamed of the starsWhile it breaks, breaks, breaks on the sheltering bars.

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Which of the following best describes a theme, or central message, of the poem?

A. The heart of a woman is strong and can never be broken.

B. The heart of a woman is restless and often feels trapped.

C. The heart of a woman is happy and free to dream of the stars.

D. The heart of a woman is dark and dreary like the night sky.

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Answers to Questions

Webb: 107

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A. Incorrect. First sentence does not mention winterB. Correct; first sentence expresses the speaker’s desire to imagine that the trees are bent from a boy's swinging on themC. Incorrect; first sentence sets up a contrast showing trees bent from the weight of ice, but B better describes how the sentence fits the poem’s overall structureD. Incorrect; the first sentence does not mention summer

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A. Incorrect; speaker describes how ice-covered branches change when the ice melts, but does not explain the other changesB. Correct; the speaker uses swinging on birch trees to develop the ideas about escaping the reality of lifeC. Incorrect; not supported by details of poemD. Incorrect; the speaker talks about swinging throughout the poem

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A, B, & C. Incorrect; they do not relate to life in general and therefore do not describe the themeD. Correct; poem’s theme deals with improving adult life by imagining a simpler time. When the speaker’s adult life gets hard, “like a pathless wood,” he dreams of going back to his youth