Weekly Outline
Week 1, 1/14 -- Introductions
Week 2, 1/21 -- What is literature? What is identity?
Week 3, 1/28 -- Narration, paper #1 due
Week 4, 2/4 -- Character, Setting, Symbol, Theme
Week 5, 2/11 -- Quiz #1, film
Week 6, 2/18 -- Poetry
Week 7, 2/25 - - Poetry, paper #2 due
Week 8, 3/4 -- Poetry
Week 9, 3/11 -- Poetry, paper #3 due
Week 10, 3/18 -- (out of class work on blog)
Week 11, 3/25 -- SPRING BREAK
Week 12, 4/1 -- Quiz #2 on poetry, Theory
Week 13, 4/8 -- Poetry paper #4 due, Theory, film
Week 14, 4/15 -- Theory
Week 15, 4/22 -- Theory, quiz #3
Week 16, 4/29 -- Paper #5 due
Week 17, 5/6 - Final Exam PARTY
I already knew quite a bit about poetry, we covered it a lot in my last Literature class, but these things were refreshed:
ReplyDelete1. I learned about how you can listen to a different tone in a poem, and how having a certain tone does not mean that the story will be the same. An example is that a story with a happy tone could still be a sad poem.
2. Poetry is all about “feeling.” It is not just an intellectual and bookish activity, but you have to grasp the “feel” of the poem rather than just the word. It requires a deeper understanding of the words.
3. There is no one “correct” way to read a poem. Every person can respond differently to the same poem, which makes poetry discussions seem very deep.
4. It is important to even consider the title before you read the poem, you need to understand each and every part of the poem, and even what you expect the poem to be about can be important to understanding the poem.
5. You must read the syntax literally, at least for the first read-through because it can help you understand.
6. You must consider how the poem’s form contributes to the effect and meaning, because even the way the poem is formed matters in what it means or how it makes the reader “feel”.
7. Love is the most expressed emotion in poems whether it is the direct emotion or not. Poetry is the “food of love.”
8. Poems can also be dark and moody as well as about love.
9. Setting is very important to the literature and sometimes it can be abstract.
10. Repetition can change the feel of the poem, and can be a very strong literary component.
1. Speaker, whos voice we hear in the poem
ReplyDelete2. Exploring Gender
3. What happens, Where and When
4 - situations and setting in the peom
5. Homelands-
6.Theme
7. Tone
8. Family Poems
9. Epic poems or Romance poems
10. Occosianal Poem- express feelings
-Hampton Schaffer
1. I learned that dramatic monologues have no narrator; instead have a speaker who more seems like they are a character in a play.
ReplyDelete2. I learned that in poetry our sense of who a speaker is has much to do with gender.
3. Temporal setting may be a specific date or an era, a season of the year, or a time of the day.
4. Poetry is full of surprises
5. Poetry is all about feeling
6. I also learned poetry requires you to think about each word and try and take it what the author is saying
7. Poems can be about many different things
8. There are many different ways to read a poem
9. Theme is very important and the reader needs to know what the author is trying to teach
10. Tone is how the writer expresses feeling to what he is saying in the poem
-Stephen Stroop
1. Poetry can bring out different emotions in different people, even if they are reading the same material.
ReplyDelete2. The title of a poem can tell more about the significance than the actual poem itself.
3. Reading a poem multiple times is a must!
4. Reordering sentences in a poem can help to make it clearer.
5. Create expectations based on the title before you read.
6. Translate words you don’t understand into simpler terms.
7. Tone can change how you feel about a poem.
8. Ask who, what, where, when, and why
9. Reading the poem with another person and hearing their ideas about it can help you formulate your own unique ideas.
10. Pay attention to repetition and format.
Personally, I do not enjoy poetry very much unless I see a few good ones on tumblr. I have a hard time reading between the lines and deciphering certain meanings. This week in the readings I did learn a few things about poetry though.
ReplyDelete1. Some poetry has very dark meanings that you have to uncover. The symbolism for certain objects and things can be very dark or the opposite, it could very positive and romantic.
2. It is essential to figure out who it is about, where the poem takes place, and what happens. This will contribute to a better understanding of the story.
3. Recognizing if the poem is rhyming or not. Also if the poem has lines or stanzas.
4. It is important to understand the words that are in the poem, use reference to uncover the meaning of the poem and diction.
5. In some cases reading the words literally will help with meaning. Use the syntax literally and not think of a hidden meaning.
6. Read the poem a few times. This will help to recognize things you did not previously.
7. Read the title and think about what you expect the poem will be about.
8. Discuss the poem with someone so you can get there understandings which could open your eyes to something you did not catch.
9. Not all poetry will appeal to you, read it with an open mind and think of the reason behind why the author wrote it.
10. Lastly, relate the poem to past experiences which could also give you a better understanding. It could help you relate to the authors pain and reasoning.
--Natalie Diciaula
1. Poems are interpreted differently by everyone.
ReplyDelete2. Poems are often misjudged by the title.
3. Being visual isn't just describing, it is also telling.
4. Poems are abstract.
5. Words are often used in surprising ways.
6. Where and how the word is used is important.
7. Poems often speak of love and heartbreak.
8. Poems are very powerful.
9. Tone is the qualities of the language the author uses.
10. Some people see poems as the only way to express emotion.
Angela Beabout
1. Each poem can contain a different structure and isn't confined to any certain one.
ReplyDelete2. I learn more about tone
3. Finding the deeper meaning of a poem can be found the diction used
4. Every poem has a theme, whether you understand it or not
5. The location of each word and each punctuation mark is very important in the overall meaning
6. Poems are able to rhyme, and are not considered any less of a poem if they do not.
7. The poet is usually trying to portray I deeper meaning through his/her poetry
8. Many people find poetry an effective way to share and release their emotions.
9. Tone can be used to tell how the poet feels about the subject.
10. Poems can also be used to bring people together with the same ideas about a subject.
1. Poems can convey emotions or tell a story
ReplyDelete2. Poems can have a rhyme scheme or be free verse
3. Everyone can interpret poems differently, most of them are meant to be read subjectively
4.Poems can have a setting, but does not have to.
5.Tone is very useful in poems to convey feelings
6. It is useful to read a poem multiple times
7. Poems can be organized in many different ways.
8. Poems can have multiple meanings
9. Thinking about the intended audience can help interpret a poem
10. It is important to read the title and think about how it relates to the poem
Allison McDowell
ReplyDelete1. Poems can be written in many different forms.
2. Emotional connections are often associated with poetry.
3. Usually there are multiple interpretations of a poems meaning.
4. There are three different types of poetry: narrative, dramatic, and lyrical.
5. Poems always tell a story.
6. Some poems narrate while others are like plays
7. The theme of a poems should be known to understand the authors purpose.
8. Poems usually contain rhyme and or rhythm.
9. Poems can be read differently.
10. Typically composed of lines and stanzas.
Joseph Ledo-Massey
1. I don't enjoy reading poetry at all.
ReplyDelete2. Poems mean different things to different people.
3. The title can give clues to what the poem will be about.
4. Reading a poem multiple times will allow you to pick up different things you may have missed before.
5. Poems do not have to rhyme.
6. Poems usually use a play on words.
7. Answering who, what, when, where, any why is very helpful.
8. Don't over think what the poem is trying to say.
9. There can be a hiding meaning to it.
10. The tone of the poem doesn't have to match the message.
Christopher Bijou
Demetrius A. Jones
ReplyDeleteMark Shealy
ENC 1102
February 23, 2015
Ten things learned
Poet terms and definitions
The understanding nature of petry verses novels and short stories.
The feeling that is expressed by the author at that particular time.
Poems generally deal with love or power.
Poems always have a them and a tone
The first thing that should be noted about poetry besides the syntax is the title.
Discussing poetry creates ideas into the intellect of the poet.
Finding the rhyme scheme if it has one
Prose poetry
Reading the poetry several times allows for a deeper knowledge of the poem itself.
1. Poetry is garbage
ReplyDelete2. its full of metaphors
3. words can have many meanings
4. they don't have to rhyme
5. they come in lines and stanzas
6. titles give you a hint as to what the poem is about
7. I need to read one several times to fully understand it
8. poems have a certain cadence
9. the meanings can be hard to interpret
10. poems are all about expression
-zach harder
1. I do not like poetry
ReplyDelete2. Shakespear makes zero sense
3. sentences do not have to rhyme together
4. usually affects emotions
5. it usually has multiple meanings
6. hard to understand the meaning
7. short
8. poetry is old
9. rap is poetry
10. kayne rap is not
1. Poetry is indescriptive
ReplyDelete2. Difficult to understand
3. Much of the poetry is outdated so it's difficult to relate
4. Poetry seems primitive
5. Grammar in most poems is often different
6. Most poems tell a story
7. It's more easily interpretable to translate the poem into a practical story rather then short dialogue using ancient grammar
8. I'd much rather read a conventional story
9. Interpretable on an individual basis (2 people could read the poem and get 2 different responses)
10. Have to read some lines multiple times in order to understand even remotely what they are conveying.
11. In most poems, only certain parts rhyme and it creates difficulty for the reader
12. I don't like poems
-Daniel Dearing
1. I don't like poetry.
ReplyDelete2. If people wanted to convey their emotions, they should just tell everyone what their emotions are, there are 1+ million words in the English language, that is an ample amount of words to accurately describe those emotions.
3. Hieroglyphics are easier to decipher.
4.Poems don't need to rhyme.
5.Poems tell a story or convey emotions.
6. Religious people used to consider poetry as some kind of witchcraft.
7. Poetry terms.
8. Poetry is short.
9 Poetry is old.
10. Rap is considered poetry.
-Shane Parent`