close reading Flashcards
Opening
text details like ‘poem name’, Author, context on author, publication
Literal meaning
made from the text. over view of what is occuring in the poem
Link and
Overarching reading
‘In my overarching reading of the poem, I create deeper understanding from the construction of poetic devices used. I make meaning that the text is about’
Mini thesis
The main ideas from this text are that XXX
Close reading poetic devices
Sound
- Harsh consonant sounds like t create an aggressive and degrading tone in the poem which builds tension in the stanza
In close reading
- Title indicates main ideas
- Persona (shapes response and meaning made)
- Last line of the text and how it contrasts/aligns with the title/first line of the poem
Close reading body paragraph structure
I - idea
D - develop
E - evidence
M - meaning
R - response
L - link
Close reading conclusion
I - lasting impression figurative and literal
R - representations of the text compare to your own context
R - realizations made
Running on of lines
Enjambment, disrupts the conventional expectation of a pause at the end of each line.
- build suspense
- accelerate pace reflective of the poems mood
Repetition of phrases at beginning of successive sentences
Anaphora
- draws attention to a particular concept.
repeating of vowel sounds
Assonance
- produces soothing effect
repeating of consonant sounds
Alliteration
- brittle effect
- aggressive tone
- builds tension in the stanza
Pause or break in a line of poetry
Caesura
- indicated by comma
- reflects meaning of the phrase
Rhyming couplet
- creates regular rhythm which is pleasing
- groups ideas
Regular rhythm
- pleasing
- regular stressed and unstressed syllables
