Review "To Satch"- Samuel Allen
Cycle poems
What are the author's describing?
_______________________________________________________________ Homework for Thursday:
Speaker and Tone
Samuel Allen(1917- present)
-Born in Columbus, Ohio
-Law degree from Harvard University
-Eventually concentrated in writing and became a college professor of African Literature
-His poem, "To Satch" is about Satchell Paige, Legendary black baseball pitcher -1948
-He had one of the longest professional baseball careers in history.
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Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who became a legend in his own lifetime by being known as perhaps the best pitcher in baseball history, by his longevity in the game, and by attracting record crowds wherever he pitched.
Paige was a right-handed pitcher, and at age 42 in 1948, he was the oldest major league rookie while playing for the Cleveland Indians.
-Played in the Major Leagues until 1966. He played in the World Series in 1948
Questions:
1. How does the speaker say he feels?
2. What does the speaker say he will do?
3. The poem presents a picture in words to help convey tone. What are the three sections in the poem that contain verbal imagery?
4. What is the speaker's tone?
5. Write out the line of one hyperbole
6. Write out a line that contains alliteration
7. Satchel Paige once said, "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?" How does this quote relate to the poem? Explain the quote
8. How is the tone influenced by writing it in an ordinary conversation?
"One Perfect Rose" in class (Dorothy Parker)
Dorothy Parker
(1893-1967)
-Grew up in NYC
-Fashion writer, drama critic and author.
-Published volumes of short stories and poems
-Sarcastic attitude For example, when she was told that President Calvin Coolidge, known for his poker face and rigid manner, had died, she replied, "How can they tell?"
Questions:
1. What event is being described in the first line of "OPR"?
2. What would the speaker prefer to one perfect rose?
3. What attitude does the speaker have toward the perfect rose in the first two stanzas?
4. What is the irony of the poem?
5.What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza?
6. What sarcastic message is the author sending?
Figurative Language
Homework: 2 Poems
Amy Lowell ( We just read "Generations")
"Night Clouds" (Think Figurative language )
Goal: Students will be able to identify Cycles presented in text
Students will identify imagery and supporting details from text
Students will make inferences and draw conclusions based on text
Students will identify and evaluate text organization
Terms: Figurative language, lyric poetry, imagery, simile and metaphor
Lyric Poetry- expresses a speaker's personal thoughts and feelings. In acnient Greece, such poems were sung to the music of harp-like instruments called lyres. This type of poetry takes its name and songlike quality from this instrument.
Students will be introduced to Amy Lowell
1874-1925
Popular at the end of the 19th century.
Brooklyn Massachusetts- Lived in the family mansion.
Spent years reading, studying and writing poetry before joining a group of radical poets called "imagists" led by Ezra Pound
She used precise, concrete images, free verse and suggestion.
Popular at the end of the 19th century.
Brooklyn Massachusetts- Lived in the family mansion.
Spent years reading, studying and writing poetry before joining a group of radical poets called "imagists" led by Ezra Pound
She used precise, concrete images, free verse and suggestion.
Famous for her readings and lectures, as well as poetry.
1926- Won Pulitzer Prize after her death for her writing
A pioneer of the Imagist movement
Influenced by haiku poets, the Imagists focused on a single, precisely presented image.
"Night Clouds" typifies Imagist poetry, with its strong central image and its rhythmic but irregular lines.
Answer the following:
1. Describe the figurative and literal appearance of the clouds
2. Lowell uses an extended metaphor. List ALL of the details that compare clouds to mares. Include line numbers
3. Why are the horses "hoofs" golden?
4. What does the "milky dust of the stars" refer to figuratively and literally?
5. What is the effect of the "Tiger Sun"?
6. The speaker in the poem urges the white mares of the moon to exert themselves to the utmost. What do you think is the implied message for the reader?
Fueled by Marcie Hans
Hans (1928-75)
Born in Chicago
Work: Advertising Copywriter
Author
There's an Elephant in My Sandwich
She has a whimsical approach to life
Fueled
Fueled
by a million
man-made
wings of fire-
the rocket tore a tunnel
through the sky-
and everybody cheered.
Fueled
only by a thought from God-
the seedling
urged its way
through thicknesses of black-
and as it pierced
the heavy ceiling of the soil-
and lauched itself
up into outer space -
no
one
even
clapped.
Fueled
by a million
man-made
wings of fire-
the rocket tore a tunnel
through the sky-
and everybody cheered.
Fueled
only by a thought from God-
the seedling
urged its way
through thicknesses of black-
and as it pierced
the heavy ceiling of the soil-
and lauched itself
up into outer space -
no
one
even
clapped.
Answer the following;
1. What is fueled by "a million man-made wings of fire"?
2. What reaction does the above event bring?
3. What is fueled by "a thought from God"?
4. What reaction does the event bring?
5. What does "a million man-made wings of fire" mean?
6. What do you think the author is inferring with the phrase "fueled only by a though from God"?
7. What does "outer space" refer to in the line 16?
8. Compare what fuels the rocket to what fuels the seedling?
9. What does the rocket tear through compared to what the seedling tears through?
10. What is People's reaction to the rocket in the contrast to their reaction to the seedling?
11. What point about society is Hans making?
12. Do you agree or disagree with 11 , the author's point?
11.A.2.4.1 Identify main ideas and supporting details from the text
11.B.2.1.1 Interpret personification, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, satire imagery, foreshadowing and irony
11.A.2.4.1 Identify main ideas and supporting details from the text
11.B.2.1.1 Interpret personification, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, satire imagery, foreshadowing and irony
