Poetry Clockworks
Week 1
Tuesday, January 8, 13
1-7-13
Clockwork
Excerpt from “Grenade”
by Bruno Mars
1-7-13
Questions:
LT: I can analyze the impact of word
Easy come, easy go
choices on meaning and tone.
That's just how you live, oh
1. Identify an example of repetition
Take, take, take it all
from this poem. Explain what idea
But you never give.
Bruno Mars is trying to emphasize
Should've known you was trouble through this repetition.
From the first kiss
Had your eyes wide open
Why were they open?
Gave you all I had
And you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, you
did...
Tuesday, January 8, 13
LT: I can determine the meaning of
figurative words and phrases.
2. In the second stanza, Bruno
Mars uses a metaphor: “you tossed
it in the trash.” What did the girl
“toss in the trash”? What does
Bruno Mars mean when he said she
“tossed it in the trash”?
1-8-13
Clockwork
Excerpt from “Out--Out”
by Robert Frost
The buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard
And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood,
Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it.
And from there those that lifted eyes could count
Five mountain ranges one behind the other
Under the sunset far into Vermont.
And the saw snarled and rattled, snarled and rattled,
As it ran light, or had to bear a load.
And nothing happened: day was all but done.
Call it a day, I wish they might have said
To please the boy by giving him the half hour
That a boy counts so much when saved from work.
His sister stood beside them in her apron
To tell them "Supper."
Tuesday, January 8, 13
1-8-13
Questions:
LT: I can determine the meaning of
figurative phrases.
1. Identify an example of
personification from this
poem. Explain what it
means.
LT: I can make inferences.
2. Identify 2 sensory details
and tell which of the 5
senses each one appeals to.
3. What is the mood of this
poem excerpt? Cite 2 pieces
of textual evidence to
support your answer.
1-9-13
Clockwork
Fame Is a Bee
by Emily Dickinson
Fame is a bee.
It has a song-It has a sting-Ah, too, it has a wing.
Tuesday, January 8, 13
1-9-13
Questions:
LT: I can determine the meanings of
figurative words & phrases.
1. Identify a metaphor used in this
poem AND explain what it means.
LT: I can make inferences about a text.
2. Dickinson states that fame has a
song, a sting, and a wing. Based on
these comparisons, what can you
conclude about what life would be
like as a famous person?
1-10-13
Clockwork
Excerpt from “The Bells”
by Edgar Allan Poe
Hear the loud alarum bells Brazen bells!
What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!
In the startled ear of night
How they scream out their affright!
Too much horrified to speak,
They can only shriek, shriek,
Out of tune,
In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire,
In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire,
Leaping higher, higher, higher,
With a desperate desire,
And a resolute endeavor
Now - now to sit, or never,
By the side of the pale - faced moon.
Oh, the bells, bells, bells!
What a tale their terror tells
Of Despair!
Tuesday, January 8, 13
1-10-13
Questions:
LT: I can analyze the impact
of word choices on meaning
and tone.
1. Identify an example of
onomatopoeia from this
poem. Explain what mood
it creates for the reader.
2. Identify an example of
repetition from this poem.
Using your notes, which of
the 3 purposes of repetition
does this example use?
Explain your answer.
1-11-13
Clockwork
Excerpt from “Love Story”
by Taylor Swift
1-11-13
Questions:
LT: I can analyze the impact of word
choices on meaning and tone.
Romeo, save me, I've been feeling so alone.
I keep waiting for you but you never come.
1. In this song, Taylor swift
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think.
uses an allusion to compare
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said, her boyfriend and herself to
Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone.
I love you, and that's all I really know.
I talked to your dad ‒ go pick out a white dress
It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes".
the Shakespearean characters
of Romeo and Juliet. What is
Taylor Swift trying to explain
about her relationship with
her boyfriend?
2. Why is this ultimately a
poor comparison to make?
Tuesday, January 8, 13