V4 Intro to poetry

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Introduction to English poetry

Module goals- being able to:

• Appreciate and enjoy poetry
• Analyze the technical aspects of poetry
• Put poems in their historical and literary context
• Look at poems from a contemporary perspective

I think poetry is....

The difference between poetry and prose is....

I already have a favourite poem in English.

I already have a favourite poem in English.

Thinking question: discuss with your neighbour and  write down your answer in your notebook

Is the career you want to have similar to what your parents do? And your grandparents? Is there a particular type of job a lot of people in your family have?

Look up, my people,
The dawn is breaking,
The world is waking,
To a new bright day,
When none defame us,
Nor colour shame us,
Nor sneer dismay.

The rhyme scheme for this poem is:

1. people; breaking, waking; day, dismay; us, us
2. ABBCDDC
3. ABCDEFG
4. AABBCCD AABBCCD AABBCCD AABBCCD AABBCCD

Where now the many white men hurry about like ants.

This is an example of:

1. Assonance
2. Alliteration
3. Simile Simile
4. Metaphor

The ghostly galleons grab greedily

This is an example of:

1. Alliteration
2. Assonance
3. Simile
4. Metaphor

What is the poet trying to say here?