02-10

SHIFTS

Connotation & Attitude Assessment Notes

ANNOTATIONS TP-CAS You must mark up (annotate) the poem to show your thought process. Do not just underline key lines what devices do you see? What is significant about the line? Label the devices correctly and make note of what the device is doing.

Connotation & Attitude Assessment Notes

THESIS You must specifically name the device(s) and what it is doing to establish meaning in the poem. You must mention the name of the poem and the author. Do not summarize the poem; explain the larger ideas/implications of the poem.

Retests and Make Ups

You will receive a new set of poems will strong Connotative and Attitude elements. I am available:
Before school After school (until 3:45) 1st, 3rd, 6th hours 5th hour (Peer Tutoring) & 8th hour (Yearbook class)

SHIFTS

When studying poetry, recognizing pattern is important. Mostly, the pattern is important to note because you need to see what happens when the poet breaks that pattern.

SHIFTS

When the pattern breaks, what is being emphasized, subverted, reorganized?

Shakespeares Sonnets
Thematically, the sonnets represent one large shift. Shakespeare addressed 1-126 to a young male lover, while 127-154 address a mysterious woman, his dark Lady.

Sonnet 130
An interesting subversion of the love poem Think Billy Collinss Litany Make note of the places I showed Shifts (in imagery, construction, meter, etc.) I also annotated why those shifts seem important.

she being Brand

How does e.e. cummings use Shifts to develop his meaning?
Annotate as we discuss.

e.e. cummings
In your groups, focus on how the shifts in the poem work to create meaning. Annotate your poem for these meaningful shifts. Your assessment tomorrow will be a choice from two e.e. cummings poems.