ENC1102 Poetry Worksheet - What does the title mean

Enc 1102 Poetry Worksheet

How to use this worksheet:

I.Start by Googling & READING an analysis/summary of the poem.

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II.ALL definitions and answers MUST be applied directly to the poem.

III.(Example: Hyperbole: A figure of speech composed of a striking exaggeration. In Sonnet 130, the fiery color of ocean coral is an exaggeration of the subject’s red lips).

IV.If you are not sure whether the term applies to the poem, Google it first.

(Example: Google: Shakespeare Sonnet 130 hyperbole)

Begin HERE:

Title & Author of poem ___________________________________________________          

Gerne of Poem _____________________________________________________________

 

 

1.What does the title mean? Take a look at the title and reflect on what it means.

 2.Write a brief Summary (not analysis) of the poem in your own words.

3.Write a brief Analysis (not summary) of the poem. What do you think the poem means?

4.How does the poem shift from idea to idea, person to person, or between different times or places?

Google/ Define These Terms for Understanding

(Search the term and the words literary definition)

Ex. Metaphor literary definition

Answer Questions 5-15 as the apply to or appear in the Poem.

5.Simile – (comparison using like or as) 

6.Metaphor – (a direct comparison) 

7.Personification – (to give human qualities to nonhuman things)

8.Mood – (the reader’s emotion/reaction to the poem)

9.Tone – (the poet’s intended emotion/meaning of the poem)

10.Point of view – (1st, 2nd, or 3rd Person Narrator)

11.Imagery – creating pictures with sensorial words (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch)

12.Alliteration – (to repeat the same letter or sound)

13.Allusion – (an indirect reference to some idea, figure, other text, place, or event)

14.Irony (a contradiction between what is said and what is meant in the poem—What is ironic about the poem, its massage, and/or its meaning).

15.Theme – Identify the theme (central idea) of the poem. How does the theme convey the poem’s message? Irony (Contradiction between the poet’s words and their meaning)