Class Five

Class Five

If we want to get even more specific about the kinds of questions we ask about Speaker, Audience and Situation, we can begin to ask questions about a poem’s Imagery.

Imagery:

Poet will use specific images to create a definite impression for you.
The poet will describe something so that you will see or feel something.

Eliabeth Bishop's "First Death In Nova Scotia"

Let’s read the poem and then think about the imagery.

Why do we have the image of the loon?
Why do we have the image of the child?
What can the colors tells us?
How does she use white?
How does she use red?
Connections?
What are the colors of the Canadian flag?
Why might that be important?

The images can lead us to questions and conclusions

Margaret Atwood: This is A Photograph of Me

Let’s read the poem and think about the imagery

1)What's going on in this poem? How can an investigation of its imagery help us understand it?

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Watch the Video

How is this interpretation of the poem’s imagery different than your own?

John Donne’s The Flea:

2) What are the important images here?

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Read For Next Class:

William Blake’s “The Lamb”
Sylvia Plath’s “Metaphors”
Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven”

Watch These YouTube Videos For Next Class:

Video 1

Listen to these Podcasts For Next Class:

Sylvia Plath’s “Metaphors”
Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven”

Optional Lecture Videos