V4B 24-1-2024 45 min Poetry 5 ways

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Please sit with your group!

Welcome!

Learning Goals

At the end of today's lesson, you will....

• have refreshed knowledge about poetic elements
• have read and analyzed a poem

Today's Lesson

1. Aspects of poetry (10 mins)
2. Reading & analyzing a poem (25 mins)
3. Rounding off together (5 mins)

Aspects of poetry

Try to answer the following questions without looking them up

Submit your answers as a group

Think of an example:
1. hyperbole
2. oxymoron
3. alliteration
4. personification
5. cliché

What is a metaphor?
+ example

This rhetorical device is used when a covert comparison is made between two different things or ideas. 

What is irony?

We are now going to listen to a recording of the poem

"Five ways to kill a man"

'cumbersome' = slow, complicated, inefficient

poetryarchive.org

What do you think / how do you feel after hearing "Five Ways to Kill a Man"?

To do with your group:

- Read the poem on p. 6 and do task 2

- Also answer the following questions:

- How are the 5 ways ordered?

- Explain the fifth way mentioned to kill a man

- Find the metaphor in the poem

- Describe the irony in the poem

Answering the questions (as a group)

Don't forget to take notes (individually)!!!

How are the 5 ways ordered?

Horrors of the past in order:

a) Chronological, showing 'progress' through time

b) With each method of killing described by the poet, the numbers of murdered men are increasing. From a single man’s crucifixion, we come to one-on-one combat in medieval warfare. In gas warfare, the number increases to entire squadrons, and finally, in atomic bombing, entire cities are wiped out at the push of a switch. Man is becoming steadily more and more ruthless.

Crucifixion, medieval warfare (or even jousting), gas warfare, and atomic bombing are all shocking heights to which man has gone in the past, in his attempts to kill others who he feels are different from himself. 

What is the 5th way to kill a man?

The 5th way

In the 20th century, man has made the world such a bad place to live in that his world itself is turning upon him and killing him. After the World Wars, poverty, malnutrition, and joblessness killed many people while others just watched them die. Hence, living in the 20th century ensures an easy death. This is the 5th and least complicated method of killing, according to the poet.

Task 2:

1. Crucifixion

2. Medieval warfare

3. Gas warfare

4. Atomic bombing

5. Living in the post WWII era. The world is in such a bad state that ultimately, no one can survive 

Find the metaphor in the poem

In this poem, the poet uses the device of metaphor in the 3rd line of the 2nd stanza when he compares the armor of a soldier with a cage made of metal that is holding him captive and not letting him escape so that he is forced to fight for the sake of his superiors only.

What is the irony in the poem?

What do you think is the hidden message in this poem?

Conclusion about the poem:

• Not too many poems have been written on the subject of ruthless murder. 
• The prevalent tone of this poem is one of irony. 
• Readers often feel guilty and sad to be a part of the human race, knowing that their fellow men have committed such heinous crimes. 
• The hidden message is: man must change his ways.  The world has been turned into a horrible place through man’s own actions, and now man has to pay the price himself.

Assignment page 13
Match each term with its definition

Well done! You...

... have refreshed knowledge about poetic elements

.... have read and analyzed a poem

NEXT LESSON: BRING YOUR READER!! :)

Remember the letters?

- We listened to 3 letters

- Think of a characteristic of each letter (style!)

- Letters written by 1. Quirine, 2. Mohamed, 3. Tim

Style characteristics:
1. Quirine, 2. Mohamed, 3. Tim

Haiku examples

What is The Great War?

What to expect in period 3:

Poetry, creative writing, speaking

- 3 March: creative writing test (3x)

- During this period: writing assignment in class (mandatory)

- Week 13 (testweek): group conversation (15-20 mins, 3x)

- End of period: hand in (completed) poetry reader (mandatory)

What do you need to do?

• Go through the reader and do the tasks (I will tell you  what to do and when). You need to hand everything in.
• Read the poems and analyse them using the glossary
• Decide which poem is your favourite and why
• Take the writing test
• Write a poem using your new acquired knowledge
• Oral exam in groups of 3/4 about all of the above