How to Read a Poem pp.476-482 Head, Heart and Richard Corey. Poems can be complex, have many different meanings, and affect the different readers in many ways. Poetry uses a lot of imagery, figurative language, rhythm, and sound. Poetry can be read by one reader to him or herself, but it is best when read out loud to an audience. Poems come in every size, many poems are short or at least shorter than an average work of fiction.
Lyric Poetry pg. 484
Lyric poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings of the author. Lyric poetry is typically a short poem that is used to be recited on a stringed instrument called a lyre. There are different types of lyric poetry, for example ode and elegy. Lyric poetry is associated with musicality, a single speaker, …show more content…
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The tone is the words an author chooses that sets the feeling a reader has while reading the poem. When speaking, tone of voice suggests the reader's attitude. It suggests two different attitudes, one is concerning the people the reader is addressing, like an audience, and the other is concerning the thing the reader is talking about, like the subject.
My Papa’s Waltz pg. 569
In My Papa’s Waltz, the child is getting beaten up by his father, which is told in a way of a romantic and beautiful dance, the waltz. Theodore Roethke tries to make the experience beautiful by making it a waltz. Dancing is a symbolism in this poem because this dance is a symbol of the relationship the father and son have. The waltz was not easy for the son, so that could mean that the relationship with his father was not easy. The tone of this poem was a negative tone because Roethke used the words "beat" and "palm caked hard."
To A Locomotive in Winter on Blackboard
This poem means exactly what the title says, it is about a train. In his first line of To A Locomotive in Winter, Walt Whitman states why he created this poem. He created is because it is a recitative for a Locomotive in winter. Whitman describes the train and how beautiful it
Lyric Poetry pg. 484
Lyric poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings of the author. Lyric poetry is typically a short poem that is used to be recited on a stringed instrument called a lyre. There are different types of lyric poetry, for example ode and elegy. Lyric poetry is associated with musicality, a single speaker, …show more content…
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The tone is the words an author chooses that sets the feeling a reader has while reading the poem. When speaking, tone of voice suggests the reader's attitude. It suggests two different attitudes, one is concerning the people the reader is addressing, like an audience, and the other is concerning the thing the reader is talking about, like the subject.
My Papa’s Waltz pg. 569
In My Papa’s Waltz, the child is getting beaten up by his father, which is told in a way of a romantic and beautiful dance, the waltz. Theodore Roethke tries to make the experience beautiful by making it a waltz. Dancing is a symbolism in this poem because this dance is a symbol of the relationship the father and son have. The waltz was not easy for the son, so that could mean that the relationship with his father was not easy. The tone of this poem was a negative tone because Roethke used the words "beat" and "palm caked hard."
To A Locomotive in Winter on Blackboard
This poem means exactly what the title says, it is about a train. In his first line of To A Locomotive in Winter, Walt Whitman states why he created this poem. He created is because it is a recitative for a Locomotive in winter. Whitman describes the train and how beautiful it