Thursday, September 4th

Agenda:

1. Reading Poetry: notes
2. Wilfred Owens "Futility"

HW: 1. fini vocab packet and spelling test tomorrow.

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After writing the agenda, Sister Salma gave our poems back (as well as other corrected papers) and we stood up in the front of class to share. We would comment on the poem afterwards.
Then sister salma put up notes on Poetry that we had to copy down. Look below:

Poetry:
-Importance to get a well-rounded feel of the poem
-what the poem is about
-what the poet is trying to achieve
-Layers of meaning
-surface: whats on the outside
-deeper: what its really about
-Consider the poet
-intention
-motivation
-context
-time
-place
-situation
-Consider ideas of poem
-feelings
-moods
-tone of voice
-Structure of poem
-method/techniques
-"form"; style

STYLE: The way a writer chooses suitable and effective language for a particular purpose and audience. --Way words LOOK, SOUND, or MEAN. --how they add to the overall effect or meaning.

Form:
"Form" is a technical word used to describe what something looks or sounds like.
In poetry, the form of a word doesnt change the meaning, it ADDS to the meaning or visual impact.
-Look for patterns of shape and sound
-Different lenghths of line stanzas
-Ending a line in the middle of the sentence
-Patterns of sound:
-rhythm (repeating stresses)
-rhyme (repeating final sounds)
-alliteration
-onomotapeia

Context:
The "context" of a word is the meaning it contains, both obvious and subtle.
In poetry, words are chosen very precisley to increase their effect and meaning to suit their purpose best. Words and phrases can have multipule meanings.
-Denotation: basic definition
-Connotaton: associated meanings
--> figurative language: metaphot, personification
--> irony
Connotation is the "lifeblood" of poetry. It creates strong images or feelings or both. It paints pictures in the mind of the reader.


After writing down these notes and Sister Salma explained them, she passed out a poem called "Futility" by Wilfred Owen. After reading it out loud, we figured out what it meant and what the tone of voice of the poet was.