Last poem for this lesson Lyric Poem Test
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Last poem for this lesson: Lyric Poem Test over Poetry Intro. & Lesson 1 (Imagery) will be this Thurs. and Fri. (split test) -Study lecture notes on poetry -Study lecture notes on imagery -Study literary terms and types of poems - Refresh comprehension and analysis of each poem
Split Test: Thurs. / Fri Thursday Poetry Lecture Notes “A Blessing” “Woman Work” “Daily” “in Just-” All literary terms / types of poems associated with the above Friday Imagery Lecture Notes “Haiku” (all 4) “Once by the Pacific” “Country Scene” All literary terms / types of poems associated with the above
Lyric Poem – “Country Scene” Lyric Poem Short poem that expresses a speaker’s thoughts or feelings. In ancient Greece, lyric poems were sung to the music of a stringed instrument called a lyre. Today, we call the words to all song types “lyrics. ”
“Country Scene” Answer the following questions: 1. What is the speaker looking at? 2. What does the speaker hear? What does the speaker think of when she hears that sound? 3. According to the speaker, what outlasts both nature and love? 4. How does the speaker portray the scene in the first two stanzas? How do the images in the third stanza contradict that description? 5. How would you describe the mood of this poem? Cite details to support your chosen mood. 6. How would you describe the tone of this poem? Cite details to support your chosen tone.
