| Vocabulary | Song of the Open Road/Road Not Taken | Seven Stages of Man | My Papa's Waltz & Theodore Roethke | Annabel Lee, The Bells, & Edgar Allan Poe |
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A rhyme of the last word or last syllable of two or more lines of a verse
What is the definition of End Rhyme?
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SotOR-Walt Whitman
TRNT- Robert Frost
Who wrote "Song of the Open Road?"
Who wrote "The Road Not Taken?" |
"As You Like It"
What one of Shakespeare's plays is this poem from?
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using one of the five senses through which you receive information about the world around you
Define sensory.
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tomb
What does sepulcher mean?
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systematically arranged and measured rhythm in a verse
What is the definition of meter in poetry?
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the road less traveled. (if you go either way it doesn't make a difference due to the fear of regret)
From "The Road Not Taken," which road did the speaker choose to take?
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Jaques
What was the name of the character that said this dialogue within the play?
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University of Michigan in 1929. He majored in education wanting to pursue teaching.
What University did Roethke attend and what was his major?
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Annabel Lee & Edgar Allan Poe
She died from the "chilling" wind which we talked about stood for TB (tuberculosis).
Who were the characters of "Annabel Lee?"
How did Annabel Lee die? |
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(talking to oneself) a dramatic monologue that represents a series of unspoken reflections
What is the definition of Soliloquy?
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The two paths diverge in a yellow wood (line 1). The yellow is associated with cowardliness/autumn or near the end of his life.
Where do the two different paths diverge (split)? And what does this place represent?
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Infancy, School boy, Lover, Soldier, Justice, Pantaloon, Second Childishness
What are the Seven Stages of Man, in order, as described by William Shakespeare?
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Born in 1908 in Saginaw, Michigan.
When and where was Roethke born?
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a young boy and girl fall in love at a young age and grow up together continuing to fall for each other. the angel of death gets jealous and kills Annabel Lee. Edgar spends the remainder of his life visiting her tomb and lying next to it.
Paraphrase what happened in "Annabel Lee."
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With a coat like a leopard, the old foolish men went whining throughout the streets without shoes, singing in a high pitched voice, seemingly traveling into complete unawareness or forgetfulness.
Translate this sentence: With a coat like a pard, the pantaloons went mewling throughout the streets, sans shoes, singing with a horrid treble, seemingly traveling off to oblivion.
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The mood of the poem is free spirited and content. Walt Whitman portrays himself to be confident and done with the intentions of society. (The road is his to choose free from indoor complaint, libraries, and querulous criticisms.)
How does the mood of the poem relate to the type of man Walt Whitman portrays himself to be?
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Pessimistic: Jaques seems to have a negative outlook on the stages of man because non of his stages seem to be enjoyable.
What is the mood of the poem?
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whiskey on your breath, mother's countenance, you beat time on my head
ALL GROUPS ANSWER. Groups with the best evidence will win the points. How could this poem be portrayed as negative? Use evidence.
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language that causes at least one of the five senses to ignite within the mind.
"in the icy air of night while the stars that oversprinkle all the heavens, seem to twinkle with crystalline delight." line 4 "Through the balmy air of night" line 18
Define imagery and provide at least 2 examples from the poem of an onomatopoeia citing their lines!
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Tone (voice) helps evoke the mood of a poem through expressing the author's attitude toward the subject or audience of the poem. Mood (emotion) is the atmosphere of the poem.
What is the difference between mood and tone?
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The theme of the poem is choices in life, uncertainty makes choosing much more difficult. Frost is saying that the fear of regret makes choosing near impossible.
From "The Road Not Taken," what is the theme of the poem? And what is he saying within the poem about making choices about the future?
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Answers will vary.
Each group answers. Best answer wins points. Choose one of the stages and PERSUADE me in 3-4 sentences WHY that stage is the most important. Groups with the best evidence will win.
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I hung on like death such waltzing was not easy, waltzed me off to bed still clinging to your shirt.
ALL GROUPS ANSWER. Groups with the best evidence wins the points. How could this poem be portrayed as positive? Use Evidence from the text.
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Fire, Brazen (bronze), fear anger anxiety, leaping flames
There are four stanza's in "The Bells" and each depicts an event, the use of a bell, an emotion, and an image. Stanza 3 depicts what event, bell, emotion, and image?
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