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| 'With you — Hob and Nob,' returned the Sergeant (p. 34) Frontispiece" [in the Forge prior to Magwitch's Capture] by Charles Green. 1898. 5 x 8 inches. Dickens's Great Expectations, Gadshill Edition |
* Check J22; Discuss
* Perrine's Poetry Ch. 2: Reading the Poem
Notes
1. Read a poem more than once
2. There will be more challenging vocabulary, consult a dictionary.
3. Read aloud.
4. Pay attention. If poetry is condensed prose, take care in unpacking. Suspend judgement a bit and consider.
5. Practice.
First we read, then we paraphrase....later we consider themes and summaries. Of course, in our minds, it tends to bleed together, but do your best to handle each verse before you make larger judgements.
Once you're comfortable and can paraphrase, can you answer these questions?
1. Who is the speaker (not necessarily the poet)?
2. What is the occasion?
3. What is the central purpose of the poem?
4. By what means is that purpose achieved.
Together:
Now reconsider last week's poem with the four questions above:
"Sign for My Father, Who Stressed the Bunt"
Answer the four questions in your notes for each:
Ready for a rather tricky poem?
"Loveliest of Trees" by A.E. Housman
The tricky part has to do with the kind of imagery the author has chosen for spring.
A dark, tricky poem by the same author?
"Is My Team Ploughing" by A.E. Housman
A trick there is discerning the speaker(s).
And some sea faring:
"Sea Fever" by John Masefield
Read Dickens: * Free Audio Version you could listen to while your read (note that I didn't say instead of reading the book, my friends)
HW: Read Dickens
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