MYP2 16-03

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Good Morning

FLIRT - Interpreting Poetry

F = Form

L = Language

I = Imagery

R = Rhythm & Rhyme

T = Tone

Poetry and Pain

1. Use the Internet to find some information about the author and the context surrounding the poems. Consider when they were written and what was going on in the women's lives and in the world around them.

2.  What is the message the poem is trying to convey?

3. What type of pain is being expressed in the poem?

Who is Waris Shah?

What is the meaning of the poem?

What type of pain is being expressed?

Poetry and Pain

1. Use the Internet to find some information about the author and the context surrounding the poems. Consider when they were written and what was going on in the women's lives and in the world around them.

2.  What is the message the poem is trying to convey?

3. What type of pain is being expressed in the poem?

Analyse some more poems

In the Glass Coffin (link)

To a Wreath of Snow (link)

Sweet Torture (link)

Poetry and Pain

1.  What is the message the poem is trying to convey?

2. What type of pain is being expressed in the poem?

3. Compare and Contrast the poems. What connections can you identify? How do they differ? 

Prepare for your Presentation