Poetry: Sound and Sense
Sound and Sense
Chapters 1 and 2
Chapter 1: What is poetry?
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…a kind of language that says more and says it
more intensely than ordinary language…
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…to gain a greater understanding of the world…
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Its function is not to tell us about experience but
to allow us, through the imagination, to
participate in it.
•
The primary concern of poetry is not with beauty,
not with philosophical truth, not with persuasion,
but with experience.
•
In real life getting soaked in a rainstorm is not
pleasurable, but in poetry it can be.
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Poetry is a kind of multidimensional language.
Ordinary language is one-dimensional. Poetry
adds a sensuous dimension, an emotional
dimension, and an imaginative dimension.
Not in your book:
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Poetry is when an emotion has found its
thought and the thought has found words.
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Robert Frost
“The Red Wheelbarrow”
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens
1.
The speaker asserts that “so much
depends upon” the objects he
refers to, leading the reader to ask
how much and why. The glimpse of
a farm scene implies one kind of
answer. What is the importance of
wheelbarrow, rain, and chicken to a
farmer? To all of us?
2.
What further importance can you
infer from the references to color,
shape, texture, and the
juxtaposition of objects? Does the
poem itself have a shape? What
two ways of observing and valuing
the world does the poem imply?
Chapter 2:
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To develop your abilities to understand and
appreciate poetry:
1.
Read a poem more than once. Reading a
poem is not like reading a newspaper (to
gather info and put aside). It is like looking at
a painting or listening to a symphony.
2.
Use a dictionary not just for unfamiliar words
but for words that may be used in an
unfamiliar way.
3. Read so as to hear the sounds of the words in
your mind.
4. Pay careful attention to what the poem is saying.
5. Practice reading poems out loud.
a) Read it affectionately, not affectedly.
b) Read slowly enough that each word
sinks in.
c) Read the poem so the rhythmical pattern is
felt but not exaggerated.
•
Paraphrase: means to restate the poem in
different language; to make its prose sense as
plain as possible
•
Theme: central idea
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Figurative Language: Language employing
figures of speech; language that cannot be
taken literally or only literally
•
Metaphor: a figure of speech in which an
implicit comparison is made between two
things essentially unlike. It may take one of
four forms: (1) that in which the literal term
and the figurative term are both named; (2)
that in which the literal term is named and the
figurative term implied; (3) that in which the
literal term is implied and the figurative term
named; (4) that in which both the literal and
figurative terms are implied.
Poetry is described as a multidimensional form of language that allows us to engage with experience through imagination. It intensifies communication to deepen our understanding of the world. The essence of poetry lies in experiencing emotions and thoughts in a profound and expressive manner. The exploration of poetry involves understanding and appreciating its various dimensions, such as language, emotion, and imagination.
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Sound and Sense Chapters 1 and 2
Chapter 1: What is poetry? a kind of language that says more and says it more intensely than ordinary language to gain a greater understanding of the world Its function is not to tell us about experience but to allow us, through the imagination, to participate in it. The primary concern of poetry is not with beauty, not with philosophical truth, not with persuasion, but with experience.
In real life getting soaked in a rainstorm is not pleasurable, but in poetry it can be. Poetry is a kind of multidimensional language. Ordinary language is one-dimensional. Poetry adds a sensuous dimension, an emotional dimension, and an imaginative dimension.
Not in your book: Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Robert Frost
The Red Wheelbarrow William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) so much depends upon 1. The speaker asserts that so much depends upon the objects he refers to, leading the reader to ask how much and why. The glimpse of a farm scene implies one kind of answer. What is the importance of wheelbarrow, rain, and chicken to a farmer? To all of us? What further importance can you infer from the references to color, shape, texture, and the juxtaposition of objects? Does the poem itself have a shape? What two ways of observing and valuing the world does the poem imply? a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water 2. beside the white chickens
Chapter 2: To develop your abilities to understand and appreciate poetry: 1. Read a poem more than once. Reading a poem is not like reading a newspaper (to gather info and put aside). It is like looking at a painting or listening to a symphony. 2. Use a dictionary not just for unfamiliar words but for words that may be used in an unfamiliar way.
3. Read so as to hear the sounds of the words in your mind. 4. Pay careful attention to what the poem is saying. 5. Practice reading poems out loud. a) Read it affectionately, not affectedly. b) Read slowly enough that each word sinks in. c) Read the poem so the rhythmical pattern is felt but not exaggerated.
Paraphrase: means to restate the poem in different language; to make its prose sense as plain as possible Theme: central idea Figurative Language: Language employing figures of speech; language that cannot be taken literally or only literally
Metaphor: a figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two things essentially unlike. It may take one of four forms: (1) that in which the literal term and the figurative term are both named; (2) that in which the literal term is named and the figurative term implied; (3) that in which the literal term is implied and the figurative term named; (4) that in which both the literal and figurative terms are implied.
