7/28/2019 Lyric Poetry HW

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LyricPoetry–Homework?Textbook872-873

“Lyricpoetryexpressesthepersonalthoughtsandfeelingsofasinglespeaker.Lyricpoems,orlyrics,

originatedwiththepeopleofancientGreece,whosangthemtotheaccompanimentofastringed

instrumentcalledalyre.Althoughlyricpoetryisnolongersung,suchpoemsretaintheirmusical

feelingandsonglikestructure.Theyareusuallyrelativelyshortandfocusedoncreatingasingle,

unifying,emotionaleffect”(Kinsella872).

LyricPoetryonYourOwn

Choosealyricpoemormodernsongthatcouldbedefinedaslyrical.MakeSUREtochoose

somethingthatfitsthedefinitionaboveandthenotesyoutookinclass.Printacopyofthepoem

orlyrics(keepitPG-13,please).Completethefollowing:

1.  Annotatethepoemorsongusingoneofthepre-APstrategies.Showyourannotationsonthe

poemitself.Markitup.Noticeasmuchasyoucan.Starttoidentifypatternsthatleadyouto

understandtoneandtheme.

a. SIFT=Symbol,Imagery,FiguresofSpeech,Tone/Theme.

b.  DIDLS=Diction,Imagery,Details,Language,Syntax

c.  TP-CASTT=Title(1stimpression),Paraphrase,Connotations,Attitude,Shifts,Title

(revisited),Tone/Theme

2.  Useyourannotationstoanswerthefollowingquestionsincompletesentences:

a.  Whatisthepoemabout?

 _______________________________________________________________________

 _______________________________________________________________________

 _______________________________________________________________________

b.  Howdoyouknow?Whatelementsofpoetryhelpyouunderstandthatmeaning?

 _______________________________________________________________________

 _______________________________________________________________________

 _______________________________________________________________________

 _______________________________________________________________________

3.  Crafta“formulaic”thesisstatementaboutyourpoembasedontheworkyou’vedoneand

yourannotations.Usetheformulabelow:

a.  Inthepoem/song[inserttitle]“______________________________________,”[insert

authorname]__________________________________[insertliteraryanalysisverb

followedbywhattheauthordoesorwhatthepoemisabout]

 _______________________________________________________________________

 ______________________________________________________________________.

[Addasecondsentencethattellswhatelementsofthepoem/songhelpyouunderstandyourpreviousstatementtobetrue.]

 _______________________________________________________________________

 ______________________________________________________________________.

b.  Example:Inthepoem“FernHill,”DylanThomas,expressesasenseofharmonywith

naturewhilehintingattheinexorabilityoftimepassing.Thediction,imagery,and

figurativelanguagerevealaspeakerunifiedwithnaturebutultimatelysubjectto

time.