PPT-Poetic ANalysis Syntax, Rhyme, Rhythm, Diction, figurative language

Syntax Syntax is the ordering of words into patterns and phrases These terms are helpful when discussing poetic syntax Caesura Enjambment Endstopped Caesura a pause usually near the middle of a line of verse usually indicated by the sense of the line and often greater than the normal pause. Say. , Father Thames! ––for thou hast . seen. Full . many a sprightly race,. . Disporting . on thy margent green. ,. The . paths of pleasure . trace. ;. . Who . foremost now delight to . cleave. Notes. DICTION…... "The difference between the almost-right word and the right word is really a large matter.". ―. Mark . Twain. Diction. Diction refers to an author’s word choice. . Every word is chosen for a reason!. Objective: Analyze how authors use syntax and diction to create certain effects.. Essential Question: How does syntax and diction contribute to an author’s voice and tone?. Objective and Essential Question. p. repared by . Camille . Quamina. What is poetry?. The Eagle. He clasps the crag with crooked hands;. Close to the sun in lonely lands,. Ringed with the azure world, he stands.. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;. Diction: Word Choice. “The difference between the right word and almost right word is like the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.” . – Mark Twain. To study diction is to analyze how a writer uses words for a distinct purpose and effect.. . Painting your writing with words…. What is figurative language?. Figurative language expresses an idea that goes beyond the actual meaning of the words. Wind can’t whisper…but the expression gives you an idea of how the wind sounds. To begin with, let’s remember that most poetry does NOT rhyme.. Poetic GENRES. Narrative poetry. DEFINITION: a story told in verse.. Has characters, setting & plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution).. Modern Usage. History Refresher. Helpful Information. While Hamilton was married to Elizabeth Schuyler, he engaged in an affair with Maria Reynolds who played to Hamilton’s sympathy for orphaned children by telling him her husband had left her and her daughter to fend for themselves. It turned out to be a plot of extortion designed to gather extensive amounts of money from Hamilton. The affair (and extortion) was later revealed and although Hamilton admitted his misdoings, it was a large detriment to his political career.. language . is the use of words . that go . beyond their . ordinary meanings..   . Figurative language requires . you to use your imagination to figure out the author's meaning.  . The water’s reflection was like the sun on glass.. Tone is the attitude or feeling that the writer’s words express.. When analyzing diction, consider such questions as:. Is the language concrete or abstract?. Are the words monosyllabic or polysyllabic?. . . Poetic meter is a generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.. It is like the rhythmic beat that draws you into music. Tyger. ! . Tyger. ! burning bright. In the forests of the night,. . . Poetic meter is a generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.. It is like the rhythmic beat that draws you into music. Tyger. ! . Tyger. ! burning bright. In the forests of the night,. Form (Poetic Structure). A particular organization of parts that makes a whole. Examples. . • the way words are arranged in a line. . • lines are arranged in a stanza. . • units of sound are organized to achieve rhythm and rhyme. Tone is the attitude or feeling that the writer’s words express.. When analyzing diction, consider such questions as:. Is the language concrete or abstract?. Are the words monosyllabic or polysyllabic?.