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| My Love by Marty Embry |
Hello, I'm Marty Embry and this is the Poet's Corner. Poet's
Corner is a web site developed for poetry lovers. If you are a helpless and hopeless romantic, this is the site for you.
Please enjoy the site, the poetry and the poetry books. If you would like to add your poetry book or novel to
my site to sale, feel free to inquire or follow the instructions below. Upon payment, your book information will be
uploaded within 24 hours. I'll also have a link created to go directly to your personal web site to checkout your
product. There are no additional payments incurred, other than the $10 monthly advertising fee. . If you would like
to add your personal copyright protected poetry to the Poet's Corner for all to see, please inquire about that as well.
There is no charge for this service. There is a three poem limit, per customer for this service.
However, I will only allow copyright protected items to be shown on The Poet's Corner. . To advertise your book on the Poet's Corner, please
send me a copy of your book cover, an excerpt of your book and a web site address for checkout or your personal web site.
I will also add a one paragraph author biography as well. . Your customer will be directed to your web site or checkout to purchase your product.
There will be a $10 monthly hosting fee and when you purchase your first month, your second month will be free.
Welcome to my site and sit back, put on a little jazz...sip some wine and immerse
yourself in some seriously sensual and thought provoking poetry.
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Please click on the link to purchase your Poet's Corner advertising position. Please
email a copy of your book cover (JPEG) and an excerpt of your book. Your product will be advertised for one month from
the date of purchase of the ad space. Your second month will be free and each subsequent month will be $10.
There is a mutliple product discount as well. Please inquire for pricing.
Thank you for your
purchase.
Marty
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. What are the keys to analyzing a poem? . People are sometimes intimidated by poetry because they do not understand the meaning of a particular
poem. Students panic when asked to write a paper analyzing a poem, saying they do not know where to begin. We realize that
poetry is a wonderful literary form when we simply resolve to appreciate it for what it is. Here is a good model to follow
for analyzing and explicating poetry. First, rewrite the poem by paraphrasing it in your own words;
write what you think it means. Do each stanza separately. This leads you toward beginning to understand the poet's intended
meaning. Then, look for any dialogue. What is the poem saying? Are there any questions being asked
or posed? Who is speaking? Can you tell the age or sex of the speaker? What was the poet's life like at the time the poem
was written? For example, John Keats is said to have written "To Autumn," a poem about the harvest and cyclical
nature of life, at a time when his own death was near. What is the imagery in the poem? What is the mood? How about the tone
of the poem? Is it sad, happy, melancholy, angry? What are the controlling principles in the poem? Does the ending of the
poem take the reader back to the beginning? Next, ask yourself the following questions: - Is there any alliteration, assonance, metaphor, simile, symbolism?
- What kind of speech form is it? What is the content of the poem?
- Does the poem sound harsh (cacophony)?
- Is it melodic
(euphony)? Is the poem relevant to the world today?
- What is the rhyme scheme
(abab, cdcd, and so on)? Is it free or blank verse?
- Is it didactic (states
a message; teaches knowledge)? Is it a narrative poem (tells a story)?
- Is
it a dramatic monologue (one speaker, almost written as a speech)?
- Does
it contain irony? Check the diction: are the words concrete or abstract?
- Does
it have a colloquial style (casual, informal)?
- Does it contain hyperbole
(overstatement)?
- Does it contain apostrophe (addresses something invisible)?
- Does it contain paradox (self-contradicting)?
- Any onomatopoeia (representing sounds like whoosh, ping, buzz)?
- What
is the main topic or subject of the poem?
Answering all of these questions will give you a good understanding of the poem. You will
also have the basis for a wealth of information for analyzing and explicating a poem. . How can I effectively interpret a poem? . A poem is sound and sense; more than its literal meaning, it depends on sounds, images, rhythms, and
figures of speech to convey its meaning/message. A poem "works" because it speaks to both our hearts and minds;
the poem demands our participation. . Steps in Reading a Poem - Read
the poem once straight through, with no particular expectations; read open-mindedly. Concentrate on the meaning of the whole
without worrying about the specific parts.
- Read the poem a second
time; read for the exact sense of the words; if there are words you do not understand, look them up in a dictionary. Keep
in mind that words have levels of meaning: denotative, literal, and connotative, evocative, associative.
- Read the poem aloud, or hear someone else read it.
- Try to paraphrase the poem as a whole. By putting the poem into your own words, you will be better able to
understand what the poet has to say. Then paraphrase the individual lines and stanzas or verse paragraphs.
- Identify the theme or central thought of the poem. What is the subject of the poem?
- Identify who is speaking. This is usually not the poet per se but his/her persona; the "I"
or "me" in the poem.
- Identify who is being addressed. Some poems
may address a general audience or a specific audience as identified in the poem.
- Identify the setting, if applicable, of the poem.
- Notice
the sounds of the words, and patterns like alliteration and rhythm. How do they help you hear the meaning of the poem?
- Notice the imagery of the poem. How does it appeal to your senses? (sight, hearing, taste,
touch, feel, smell)
- What kinds of figures of speech are used (simile, metaphor,
etc.)?
- Respond to the poem: does your own experience confirm or disagree
with the poet's position and why? How does your own experience relate to the experience of the poem?
. Edited by Maureen Lindell, a teacher in New York for over
11 years. Interested in all aspects of education, Maureen has started a new venture, Bedford Prep, which will provide educational
enrichment for kids of all ages. . .
javanless@aol.com
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