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WRITING A POEM ANALYSIS PARAGRAPHSTEPS TO CONSIDER:Determine the theme of the poemPin point 3-4 devices being used by the author that help illustrate, emphasize, reinforce the themePin point the 3-4 lines that these devices are being used in (ie: these will be your 3-4 quotes). Make note of the line number for your in text citations.Figure out how to link ALL quotes back to the theme, how does it help illustrate, emphasize, reinforce the theme. EXPLAIN in your own wordsWrite a concluding sentence, restate the themeUSEABLE FORMULA:This is a ‘formula’ that can be used when writing, please note that the line numbers may not be the exact same.LINE # 1- introduce the POEM, AUTHOR and the THEMELINE # 2 – introduce the 3-4 devices being used by the author to help illustrate, emphasize, reinforce the theme (line # 1 & 2 can be combined) LINE # 3 to 8 – sentences use quotes (with devices in them) and EXPLAIN how they link back to theme of the poemLINE # 9 to 10 – conclude the paragraph, last time to reinforce the theme of the poem. THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND:Citations (line number). Ex: (1).If it is more than one line , it needs to be indented in paragraphAnything directly from poem needs to be in quotesPoem needs to be in quotesFormal languageDouble spaceIndent your paragraphYou will find here various examples of introduction sentences and entire paragraphs.Example I: Poetry Analysis of Gerald Manley Hopkins’ “Spring and Fall” (strong introduction)A young child has become sad about the falling leaves in her favorite grove of trees in the poem “Spring and Fall” by Gerard Manly Hopkins. This event is used to develop the main idea in the poem, which is the theme of aging and death, and how this fact of life is the source of all sadness for human beings. The poem’s idea is developed through dialogue and alliteration…Example II: “Fueled” by Marcie HansHuman nature is capable of greatness but we still need to be aware of the brilliance of nature. In the poem “Fueled” by Marcie Hans, she compares the different steps a rocket and seedling take to reach the sky and how we take for granted nature’s brilliance for our own. She uses imagery, alliteration and hyperbole to explain how the theme. Imagery is present in lines 5-7,“the rocket tore a tunnelthrough the skyand everybody cheered” to demonstrate how excited everyone was for these man-made invention to get up into the sky, unlike the seedling that “no one even clapped” for (16-20). She also uses alliteration when describing the rocket:“by a millionman-madewings of fire” (2-4)which describes the rocket taking off and the engine blowing fire which was created by man (2-4). She want reinforced here that it take a lot of fuel to get this rocket into space, to create these wings of fire that would allow it to tear a tunnel “through the sky” (6). In comparison, Hans uses a hyperbole when describing the plant:“and launched itselfup into outer space” (15-16)explaining how incredible it is that a seed can break out of the ground with no assistance. The rocket needed the assistance of man to be able to reach “up into outer space” and this seedling needed no such assistance yet it is still overlooked by most (15). Hans uses various poetic devices to illustrate and reinforce the importance of the seedling compared to the rocket, and how nature’s brilliance is being overlooked by us every day. ................
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