AP English: Literature and Composition



POETRY EXPLICATION WORKSHEET (Yeats & Wordsworth)The following two poems offer responses to the growing divide between man and the natural world. Read the poem carefully and complete the explication prompts that follow. Then respond to the following prompt in your LRJ:Write an essay in which you compare and contrast the two responses to man’s growing distance from the natural world and analyze the literary devices and techniques used to create them.The Lake Isle of InnisfreeBy W.B. YeatsI will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee;And live alone in the bee-loud glade.And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,And evening full of the linnet's wings.I will arise and go now, for always night and dayI hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,I hear it in the deep heart's core.PROMPTS1. Literal content. Before you try to explain and interpret, you must understand what is literally happening. Ask yourself these questions: Who is the speaker (narrator) or what kind of person is the speaker? type your response hereWhat is the occasion or context of the poem? (For what reason was the poem written?)type your response hereWhat is the setting in time (hour, season, century, etc.) and place (indoors or out, city or country, land or sea, etc.)? type your response here2. Summarize. Once you have identified the elements above, provide a brief summary of the poem in your own words, following the sequence given by the poet. type your response here3. Purpose/Theme. Identify the central purpose or theme of the poem, and state it in a single sentence. type your response here4. Tone. (This question goes hand-in-hand with #5) Once you understand the literal meaning of the poem and have identified the central purpose, begin to look at tone. What is the tone? Identify it in one or two words, based on the tone words you identify in #5.type your response hereIs there a change in tone during the poem? When does it occur and why does it occur?type your response here5. Diction (Choice of Words). Point out words that are particularly well-chosen in relation to tone. Answer the question: Remember, you are analyzing and interpreting here. Identify the “tone words” and type them below in your response.type your response hereWhy did the poet choose the words she used and why did she use them in that order?type your response here6. Figurative Language. Examine the passage carefully for allusions, similes, personification, metaphors, paradox, hyperbole, understatement, irony, etc. These are “vessels of meaning.” What figurative language is used? Why are they used? What are their effects? (Identify at least three.)type your response here7. Structure. Describe the form or pattern of the poem. Point out significant examples of sound repetition and explain their function. type your response hereThe World Is Too Much With UsBy William WordsworthThe world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;— Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not. Great God! I’d rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;— Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not. Great God! I’d rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;— Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not. Great God! I’d rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.The world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;Little we see in Nature that is ours;We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;The winds that will be howling at all hours,And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers,For this, for everything, we are out of tune;It moves us not.--Great God! I'd rather beA pagan suckled in a creed outworn;So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.PROMPTS1. Literal content. Before you try to explain and interpret, you must understand what is literally happening. Ask yourself these questions: Who is the speaker (narrator) or what kind of person is the speaker? type your response hereWhat is the occasion or context of the poem? (For what reason was the poem written?)type your response hereWhat is the setting in time (hour, season, century, etc.) and place (indoors or out, city or country, land or sea, etc.)? type your response here2. Summarize. Once you have identified the elements above, provide a brief summary of the poem in your own words, following the sequence given by the poet. type your response here3. Purpose/Theme. Identify the central purpose or theme of the poem, and state it in a single sentence. type your response here4. Tone. (This question goes hand-in-hand with #5) Once you understand the literal meaning of the poem and have identified the central purpose, begin to look at tone. What is the tone? Identify it in one or two words, based on the tone words you identify in #5.type your response hereIs there a change in tone during the poem? When does it occur and why does it occur?type your response here5. Diction (Choice of Words). Point out words that are particularly well-chosen in relation to tone. Answer the question: Remember, you are analyzing and interpreting here. Identify the “tone words” and type them below in your response.type your response hereWhy did the poet choose the words she used and why did she use them in that order?type your response here6. Figurative Language. Examine the passage carefully for allusions, similes, personification, metaphors, paradox, hyperbole, understatement, irony, etc. These are “vessels of meaning.” What figurative language is used? Why are they used? What are their effects? (Identify at least three.)type your response here7. Structure. Describe the form or pattern of the poem. Point out significant examples of sound repetition and explain their function. type your response here ................
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