Goal: Poetry Analysis
"The Wind Tapped"
Goal: Students will analyze poetry
Students will interpret and make conclusions about the meanings and structure of the poems
Students will be introduced to different structures/ formats of poetry: sonnet, haiku
Terms: Figurative language, simile, metaphor, personification, imagry
Students will read poems that contain imagery, metaphoric comparisons,
3 Poems:
The Wind Tapped Like a Tired Man - Dickinson
Generations-Lowell
Fueled-Hans (will be covered in class)
I. The WIND TAPPED LIKE A TIRE MAN
1. Students will discuss imagery, personification and the overall metaphor discussed in the poem
IV. Students will read a selection by another author who is famous for her use of imagery: Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
-Regarded as one of America's greatest poets
(1830- 1886) Amherst, Massachusetts
-As a young girl she was sociable, However, as she got older she became withdrawn and avoided all contact with strangers
-Recluse - lived with her family, rarely left her home, never married
-wrote 1,775 poems - only 7 were published during her lifetime.
1.PRE-READING: Discuss the following scene: Imagine being home alone at night and it is very windy. What do you hear? What do you imagine?
- Students will read the poem (Pg 669 in text and pg 8 in the packet)
-Students will discuss imagery, personification and similies used in the poem
Answer the Following Questions:
1. Who or what is the "Guest" who enters the speaker's residence?
2. Who is the host?
3. What impression does the Wind present in the poem?
4. What does Dickinson say about the Guest's speech?
5. Look up the meaning of "flurry" Is flurriedly a good adverb to apply to the guest in the poem?
6. Dickinson makes the dash stand for many things--comma, period, semicolon, and even missing words that must be understood. How would punctuation change your interpretation
7. What is the author's emotional state?
Students will interpret and make conclusions about the meanings and structure of the poems
Students will be introduced to different structures/ formats of poetry: sonnet, haiku
Terms: Figurative language, simile, metaphor, personification, imagry
Students will read poems that contain imagery, metaphoric comparisons,
3 Poems:
The Wind Tapped Like a Tired Man - Dickinson
Generations-Lowell
Fueled-Hans (will be covered in class)
I. The WIND TAPPED LIKE A TIRE MAN
1. Students will discuss imagery, personification and the overall metaphor discussed in the poem
IV. Students will read a selection by another author who is famous for her use of imagery: Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
-Regarded as one of America's greatest poets
(1830- 1886) Amherst, Massachusetts
-As a young girl she was sociable, However, as she got older she became withdrawn and avoided all contact with strangers
-Recluse - lived with her family, rarely left her home, never married
-wrote 1,775 poems - only 7 were published during her lifetime.
1.PRE-READING: Discuss the following scene: Imagine being home alone at night and it is very windy. What do you hear? What do you imagine?
- Students will read the poem (Pg 669 in text and pg 8 in the packet)
-Students will discuss imagery, personification and similies used in the poem
Answer the Following Questions:
1. Who or what is the "Guest" who enters the speaker's residence?
2. Who is the host?
3. What impression does the Wind present in the poem?
4. What does Dickinson say about the Guest's speech?
5. Look up the meaning of "flurry" Is flurriedly a good adverb to apply to the guest in the poem?
6. Dickinson makes the dash stand for many things--comma, period, semicolon, and even missing words that must be understood. How would punctuation change your interpretation
7. What is the author's emotional state?
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
8. Poetic devices: What did you find? list with page numbers.9. what types of figurative language are central to the theme and tone of this poem?
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