"An Echo Sonnet" - Poetry Analysis Flashcards
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step 1
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read the prompt
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step 2: diagnose the prompt
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- intro: the following poem…
- warning: read carefully, paying close attention…
- claims: analyze how the…
- warrants: contribute to its meaning
3
Q
step 3
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read the poem and find the meaning
4
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step 4: which devices establish the claims/warrants
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- questions are part of the form of the poem which develops meaning
- structure illustrates that the answers are within us
- uses distressed tone to explain the complex inner working of the mind
5
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step 5
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organize, topical or chronological
6
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note
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- the warning gives us a clue that the literary technique of “form” is related to the poem’s meaning
- form or structure
- within ourselves
- a blank page
- many questions
- the search of life’s right answers
- try not to use same piece of data twice
7
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task
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pack uses rhetorical questions to create a unique form which develops the overall meaning
8
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form
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poem’s structure