An Evaluation of Nature Poetry in Reference to Plath, Huges and Keats.

INTRODUCTION – (1 paragraph) STRUCTURE 1. Opening sentences which introduce the poem, its author and its form.Explain why the poem is of a particular form (either a ballad or lyric poem). 2. Thesis statement: A general statement about what the poem communicates about life and life experience. 3. Signpost: briefly outline the more specific reasons for how/why the poem conveys this life experience and / or message. (Introduce the main features which will be explored in more detail in the body of your essay).

Discuss how your investigation of the generic conventions of poetry has influenced your understanding of at least one poem that you have studied in this unit.

In Poetry authors use a range of literary techniques. These techniques can include the use of rhyme, alliteration, personification, similes, metaphors and imagery. The poems that will be compared in this essay include: My Country by Dorothea Mackellar, The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson and Old Man Platypus by Banjo Patterson.

Another technique this poem takes use of is alliteration. The alliteration used helps to express the themes importance through repletion of sound devices. A specific example of alliteration

Now that you have read the poem and considered the meanings of the lines, answer the following questions in a Word doc or in your assignment window:

describing the characters and objects throughout the poem and in creating the atmosphere of the

to represent these ideas on the page is entirely up to you, but you should

In his poem, Flames and Dangling Wire, the first line immediately sets the scene allowing us to have a sense of where we are. The use of a simile in “The smoke of different fires in a row, like fingers spread and dragged to smudge” implies the filthiness of the tip and the smoke rising from the fires. This also causes the air to

Prompt: Write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how the poem's organization, diction, and figurative language prepare the reader for the speaker's concluding response.

the boy is quite excited and happy that he had hurt the cat that had

Another one of the most important aspects of a great poem, is it’s form. The author’s

into the poem. The section of the poem that will be analyzed is the final ten lines (25-34). The

poem is not merely a static, decorative creation, but that it is an act of communication between the poet and

In the previous lessons you analyzed poetry; and you composed different types of poetry using various elements and devices.

1. The poem is written in iambic pentameter with an abab cdcd efef gg rhyming scheme.