TP-CLASTT Title of Poem: “Nuoc Mam” Title Think about the title before reading, and make a prediction I think Nuoc Mam is a special holiday that Ha’s family celebrates, like how her and her family celebrate Tet. 2. Paraphrase Translate the poem into your own words. 3. Connotation/Word Choice Feelings associated with a word Kissed--Kind, loving Stinks-- Magic-- Puffy--swollen,bloated 4. Literary Devices Metaphors, similes, personification, alliteration, rhyme, repetition, spacing(line, stanza), etc. “Most...most...most” -- repetition “slippery strips and stews it with seaweed” -- alliteration “puffy and watery like a cucumber.” -- simile 5. Attitude Observe both the speaker’s and poet’s attitude (mood, tone) The attitude is joyful because Ha finally gets a sauce that makes the food that she doesn't like better but then the attitude switches to sad when she accidentally …show more content…
Title How has your understanding of the importance of the title changed? My understanding of the poem has changed because i had thought that the poem was about a holiday Ha celebrates but it is instead a fish sauce that Ha likes and it it with the food she doesn't like. 8. Theme What is the meaning and tone of this poem? What techniques has the author used to convey the meaning and tone? Support your answer with three literary devices or techniques. The tone of the poem is joyful and regretful. The meaning of the poem is to describe what it is to live on Guam. A technique the author uses to display joyful is when Ha says, “Someone should be kissed”. The sentence displays the feeling of joy. By using words like kissed displays kindness and happiness. A second technique the author uses to display joyful is word choice “magic sauce” The poem displays joyful because magic Is a word to describe something astonishing and amazing so when Ha uses the word magic it displays the feeling of joy. To describe the feeling of regret Ha takes a large sip
The tonal shift in the poem is accomplished through word choice and conveys how life changes over time. (Word choice is the strongest indicator of tone.) The reader feels the passing of time through the gradual change in atmosphere, created by the author’s use of words with different connotations. The narrator states that each day is, “mysteriously placed in your waking hand” (Collins 2). The connotation of mysteriously implies a particular enigma or a puzzle to be solved.
The theme of the poem is
The tone displays the theme by showing how she says things and not by what she says. The author is expressing her attitude through her writings.
Tone is used as the main part of poetry, it shows feelings and emotions, and it might help readers understand the topic that the author is trying to convey. For example, there are multiple examples of figurative language in the poem “Casey at the Bat”, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, which reveals the stressful and tense tone of a close baseball game. To begin, Lawrence Thayer uses a metaphor to compare the batters negatively. For example, in line 10 of the 2nd stanza, Thayer states, “And the former was a hoodoo, while the latter was a cake.” This shows that Thayer used negative words to describe the batters so that the readers would feel unconfident about how the baseball game would end.
describing the characters and objects throughout the poem and in creating the atmosphere of the
Theme is the central idea of a literary work. Tone refers to the author’s attitude toward the subject, and often sets the mood of the piece. An excellent example of all three of these techniques lies within the lines of I Want a
It again reinforces the thematic concern of the overall theme. The tone does not change throughout the poem suggesting the constant constraint the poet felt. This is created by words such as "rage", "smouldering" and "furious". Which again highlights the irritation the poet herself felt due to the lack of freedom on the poetic inspirations. Therefore, the tone creates a sense of "life as bleak".
Tone is used to describe how an author feels about their writing. In the poem “O Sea, That Knowest Thy Strength” by Effie Lee Newsome, she uses figurative language to help the reader understand the author’s feelings towards the poem. To begin, a metaphor is used to compare two things without using like or as. For example, in the first stanza, Newsome states, “Hast thou been known to sing, O Sea, that knowest thy strength” (Lines 1-2). This demonstrates Newsome comparing herself to the sea.
Firstly, the speaker’s attitude or the tone demonstrates how a person can be the cause of their own misery. From the very start of the poem the speaker has a depressing tone. Any little event that occurs the speaker reads it as a negative occurrence that adds to his ever growing misery. For Example, when the speaker says “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” The speaker hears a knock on the door and opens it to see that there is no one there. Instead of going back to sleep he demonstrates his negative attitude by
What is the overall TONE of this poem and how do you come to that conclusion? (what is
The use of symbolism and imagery is beautifully orchestrated in a magnificent dance of emotion that is resonated throughout the poem. The two main ideas that are keen to resurface are that of personal growth and freedom. Furthermore, at first glimpse this can be seen as a simple poem about a women’s struggle with her counterpart. However, this meaning can be interpreted more profoundly than just the causality of a bad relationship.
The poems broader theme is that you can’t always have what you want in life because the tone of longing in
There are three distinct tones in this poem. The poem right away has a very melancholy tone, which starts off by just describing how the main individual is having a hard time thinking and decides to go for a swim. But then, the individual is enveloped in suffering: “I came up once and hollered” (5). Pain is also quite prevalent emotion in this stanza: “I came up twice and cried” (6). Stanza 7 is where the tonal shift begins: “I could’ve died for love-But for
Though given tone, the author also implements mood into the poem. Mood is the emotional feeling created in the reader throughout the poem. One of the many ways that mood is created is through the tone of the author. Creating mood through tone is when “The attitude of the writer, speaker, or narrator evokes feelings and emotions
This piece has several “mini” themes given to almost each stanza, emphasizing reminiscing, grief, and isolation. Appearing to be from the point of view of a man (apparently the writer himself) profoundly grieving the departure of a lover who has passed on. He starts by calling for quiet from the ordinary objects of life; the phones, the clocks, the pianos, drums, and creatures close-by. He doesn't simply need calm, but be that as it may; he needs his misfortune well known and projected. Its tone is significantly more dismal than earlier versions, and the themes more all inclusive, despite the fact that it talks about a person. There is almost an entire stanza demonstrating a bunch of analogies that express what the speaker intended to his lover. The style in the piece readers typically perceive it as a dirge, or a mourning for the dead. It has four stanzas of four lines each with lines in