English Unseen Poetry

Recap
Explain what the following words mean:
Genre: comedy, romance, poetry….
First person narrative (I, me = pronoun), diary, autobiography
Plot (in stories/narratives), events from beginning, middle, to end in a story.
Bildungsroman: story about a character’s early years, spiritual aspect

Inference: use clues to understand a situation
What information does this picture give you?
Explicit = communicated directly
Explicit information:
-wet floor
Inferred information
-shocked/scared- facial expression
-documents may be important: stored in formal files, his worried expression.

armbands…..floats
Shallow = opposite (antonym) of deep
synonym = similar word

Because ‘the towns below look so small’ and the ’engine is whirring,’ I think the speaker is a passenger in a plane. They are not a pilot as this person is beside ‘a man in the aisle.’ This person was feeling nervous before the flight.

Art:
Describe the following artwork.
What does it mean for you?
Could you name them? We can compare with the original names after.
Mood
Atmosphere
Relaxed mood
Evidence: sunset, warm colour
Extra evidence: relaxed posture of bystanders
Happy Weekend
-Similar to the Monalisa because colour choices
-However, the shape and form of the portrait is abstract
-Shows the difference between the inside and the outside of a person because of the colour change to white.
- The inside of the person meaning their feelings, their values, their morals…
The Real Me
Weeping woman = crying

What’s in a name?
-monsters don’t exist
-poisonous apple
-illness…plague….

What can you see?
What might the tree represent? What might it be a metaphor of?

What is the overriding emotion in this poem? anger
What might happen if you dwell on a negative emotion rather than dealing with it?
List synonyms of “anger.”
Why may Blake have used a tree as a symbol of anger?
Why might an apple be represented in the poem?
What might “and I waterd it in fears/night and morning with my tears” mean?
Homework: please write in full sentences