ENGL 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tangled, Icebox, Freeverse Inc.
15 Jan 2018
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ENGL 201 LEC 02
Thursday, Jan 11!!!!!!!!
Lecture: how to read poetry. This lecture will be based on Mick Short’s essay, “To
analyse a poem stylistically: ‘To Paint a Water Lily’ by Ted Hughes.” (in Peter Verdonk’s
Twentieth-century Poetry: From Text to Context). See: https://books.google.ca/books?
hl=en&lr=&id=hlVb9_hYOg4C&oi=fnd&pg=PA7&dq=how+to+analyse+a+poem&ots=
Dc9diKQSVL&sig=WQn8Bier9I1JDMtB8TSJbb8rFak#v=onepage&q=how%20to%20a
nalyse%20a%20poem&f=false
Jones, Rodney. “Plea for Forgiveness.” The Best of the Best American Poetry [on Desire 2
Learn, henceforth D2L]
LECTURE NOTES
-It has become rare to find poems that has rhythmic rhymes
-Publishers expect poets to write with a freedom that goes beyond all these rhythms
and patterns- now called FREE VERSE
free verse
ˌfrē ˈvərs/
noun
noun: free verse
1 poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
-Free verse still has an artistic expression
-Systematic but unconventionally
-Follows natural speech more so than conventional poetry
STYLE
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-**The style in the poem is deeply linked (inherent) to the theme
-*There is a connection between the style and the theme
-When reading the poem you want to look at the meaning but also how the poet
communicates that meaning
Analyzing:
How does the poet communicate that meaning using what techniques?
It is very important to look for the stylistic elements
When you begin to understand the style the meaning might shift because of your
deeper understanding of the style of the poem
CONNECTION
Establish a connection between the meaning and the style of the poem
“To be objective really means to take all the available evidence into account in arriving
at conclusions (9)”
What comes first?
The meaning/interoperation or the analysis?
There are not hard and fast rules, what best suits you?
“Think out the writing structure your overall strategy appears to demand AND the
structure of the tests and you interpretation suggests, and is if they MATCH.”(10)
Bring the linguistic evidence to bear when it is RELEVANT to my interpretation
-“Relevant’ here means anything which bears on that interpretation, either
supporting it or going against it” (17)
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Document Summary
This lecture will be based on mick short"s essay, to analyse a poem stylistically: to paint a water lily" by ted hughes. (in peter verdonk"s. Plea for forgiveness. the best of the best american poetry [on desire 2. It has become rare to nd poems that has rhythmic rhymes. Publishers expect poets to write with a freedom that goes beyond all these rhythms and patterns- now called free verse free verse. 1 poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. Free verse still has an artistic expression. Follows natural speech more so than conventional poetry. **the style in the poem is deeply linked (inherent) to the theme. *there is a connection between the style and the theme. When reading the poem you want to look at the meaning but also how the poet communicates that meaning. It is very important to look for the stylistic elements.
