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Poetry and Visuals English 1201January, 2017Name: _______________________________________________________________________Activity One: Poetry AnalysisBeyond Pastel by Katherine LawrenceThey’re getting divorced but tell us nothingwill change though I don’t know how moving from a bungalow to a row house & seeing Dad once a month doesn’t add up to change. So I go along for the ride because Dad’ssupposed to pick us up after we’ve shoppedfor bedroom stuff & I’ve got nothingbetter to do anyway. Mom smiles sweet as cold cash at each salesmanin the carpet & drapery store where they offermy sister & me white mints fat as mushroomswhile we walk up & down the aisles trying to makeearth match the sky. My sister stays forever loyal to her soft pink world, not me, I’ve moved beyond pastel. Mom suggests a white twistcarpet, purple drapes with a bedspread to match, a timeless combination, she says. But I know just because something matches doesn’t meanit will stay that way & I leave her sitting on a roll end sucking a mint. Outside I find Dad in his car waiting to take us backto a rental house he’s furnished with second-handcouches & chairs, a set of grandma’s cottage dishes. Two single cots on wheels fold up like praying handshe stores in a bedroom closet between our sleepover visits. nothing matches except by accident. I open the passenger door, slinde over beside him. Not even the radio is playing. He puts his arm aroundMe, hugs me hard as the glare of the sun bouncing offThe hood of our old blue Chevy. Mom brings my sister over to the car, tells me I’m impossible, That I’m just like my father. Says here she is ready to decorateMy new bedroom in whatever colour a teenage girl might like & all I do is stomp out of the store to put in a hot car. Black, I tell her. It matches everything. What is a thematic statement for this poem? How has the author used figurative language to develop this theme? Include two examples of figurative language from the poem. Make sure you explain your choices.What is the intended mood of this poem? How does the author develop this mood? Activity Two: Comparison of poemsDulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred OwenBend double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we curced through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots, But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame, all blind;Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of gas-shells dropping softly behind. Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumblingFitting the clumsy helmets just in time, But someone still was yelling out and stumblingAnd flound’ring like a man in fire or lime. –Dim through the misty panes and thick green lightAs under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams before my helpless sightHe plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. If in some smothering dreams, you too could paceBehind the wagon we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin, If you could hear, at every jolt, the bloodCome gargling from the froth-corrupted lungsBitter as the cudOf vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, - My friend, you would not tell with such high zestTo children ardent for some desparate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est1Pro patria mori2. 1 Dulce et decorum est is Latin for ‘It is a sweet and fitting thing”2 pro patria mori is Latin for ‘to die for your country”And he said, Fight On by Pauline JohnsonTime and its ally, Dark Disarmament, Have compassed me about, Have massed their armies and on battle bentMy forces put to rout;But though I fight alone, and fall, and die, Talk terms of Peace? Not I. They war upon my fortress, and their gunsAre shattering its walls;My army plays the cowards’ part, and runs, Pierced by a thousand balls;They call for my surrender. I reply, “Give quarter now? Not I.”They’ve shot my flag to ribbons, but in rentsIt floats above the height;Their ensign shall not crown my battlementsWhile I can stand and fight. I fling defiance at them as I cry, “Capitulate? Not I.”left12954000The first poem was written by a poet who was writing during World War One. He was a soldier who fought in the war and was killed one week before it ended. He was known for writing realistic poems about the horrors of war. The second poem was written by Pauline Johnson, who was also known as Tekahionwake. She was a popular Canadian poet and performer. This poem was written shortly after she was told she was dying. What is the message of the first poem? What is the author’s purpose in writing it?The second poem uses an extended metaphor. What is this metaphor and is it effective?Compare the tone of these two poems. How do their themes, values, diction and representation of conflict compare and contrast? First, do jot notes in the table and then write an answer that discusses the tone and ONE of the other literary devices. PoemDulce and Decorum EstAnd they said, fight onToneTheme(thematic statement)ValuesDictionConflictActivity Three: ListeningThis poem will be read twice. You will have 2 minutes to look over the questions before it is played and then four minutes in between each reading. Answer all the questions. Funeral Blues by W.H. AudenWhich best describes this poem?BalladElegyLyric PoetrySonnetThe rhyme scheme of this poem is:a. aabb ccdd eeff gghhb. abab cdcd efef ghghc. aabb aabb aabb aabbd. abcd efgh abcd efghThe speaker in this poem has suffered a(n):a. Lossb. Birthdayc. Alien Encounterd. English TestWhat was the speaker wrong about?a. That love never diesb. That dogs will bark for bonesc. That love would last foreverd. That no one would call. Short Answer Question What is the main message of this poem? Giving two examples from it, explain your answer. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Activity Four: Visual Analysis(Note – the small text under the word ‘Imagination” states: “Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground” as said by Theodore Roosevelt. The picture is of a starry night as seen through forest of trees). Which is this visual an example of?CollageGraphicsPosterStoryboardWhich is the line and the black space around the inside picture known as?AngleFrameIntensityPanelThe line under the word ‘Imagination’ is used to what purpose?EmphasisHarmonyShadowValueWhich is the best example of focal point for this image?Black Space‘Imagination’QuoteTrees5. Describe the composition of this visual. Include reference to at least two elements of the visual. (6)__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Activity Five: Visual Analysis“My Heart has Grown Two Feet”The background of the visual is:The baby’s feetThe colour blackThe man’s fingersThe titleThe focal point of the visual is:The baby’s feetThe colour black The man’s fingersThe titleThe mood of this visual is:AngstIndifferenceRevulsionTendernessThe lines in this visual are:ManufacturedOrganicSadSlowExplain the effectiveness of the title, “My Heart has Grown Two Feet.” Support your answer with two different visual techniques used by the photographer. (Value: 6 marks)Activity Six: Poetry AnalysisDoing Without by David Ray?????????'s an interestingcustom, involving such in-?????????visible items as the foodthat's not on the table, the clothes?????????that are not on the backthe radio whose music?????????is silence. Doing withoutis a great protector of reputations?????????since all places one cannot goare fabulous, and only the rare and?????????enlightened plowman in his fieldor on his mountain does not overrate?????????what he does not or cannot have.Saluting through their windows?????????of cathedral glass those restaurantswe must not enter (unless like?????????burglars we become subject toarrest) we greet with our twinkling?????????eyes the faces of others who dowithout, the lady with the?????????fishing pole, and the man who looksamused to have discovered on a walk?????????another piece of firewood.from Gathering Firewood, 1974, Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CThrough examining the point of view, we know that the speaker of this poem is obviously:AfraidContentedPoorRichWhy are these people “doing without”?They do not want thingsThey lack family connectionsThey lack moneyThey lack spiritual guidanceWhich type of figurative language is used in the following, from lines 16 – 18?“we must not enter (unless like burglars we become subject to arrest)”ApostropheMetaphorPersonificationSimileWhich of the following type of sensory appeal is revealed by the line “the radio whose music is silence” in lines 6 - 7?AuditoryGustatoryOlfactoryTactile What is meant by “protector of reputations” in line 8?People who are poor have bad reputationsPeople who are poor would not understand the finer things in lifeReputations are not importantWe don’t always know who is poor because the poor can’t go to the same places that the rich can go The use of the apostrophe with the letter “s” in the opening line is an example of which of the following?CommaContractionParenthesisPluralization Which of the following words best describes the phrase “the food that’s not on the table” in lines 3 - 4?AllusionContrast ImageryMetaphorWhich word best describes the attitude of the “enlightened plowman” mentioned in lines 11 - 13? CondescendingEnthusiasticOptimisticRealistic What is the theme of this poem? Use two specific references to support your answer. How is diction used effectively in this poem? Use two specific references to support your answer. Activity Seven: Visual Analysis INCLUDEPICTURE "" \* MERGEFORMATINET Which is this visual an example of?CaricatureEditorial CartoonPosterStoryboardWhat is the focal point?Balloon stating ‘Hate’Child in deskPuddles on deskRainThe position of the figure in the desk indicates which emotion?AngerHappinessRegretSadnessWhich is the shading on the balloons indicating?EmphasisFocal PointLightingPerspective Explain the composition of this visual. How does the composition help it relay its message? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ................
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