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The close reading of poetry - Coggle Diagram
The close reading of poetry
1) The Title: it is where the readers get a better understanding of what the poem is about. Sometimes though it is very vague and the understanding is within the poem and not the title.
2) Keywords: Diction-word choice & style.
Register-Language & Vocabulary. E.g) Informal or formal
Tone- "speak"/voice. E.g) Serious, cheerful or abrupt. Still I rise is serious and formal
"Say No" Gcina Mhlophe is formal and the tone is aggressive and serious
"Letters from a contract worker " is an intimate tone
3) Word Order- Full stops or enjambment(sentences that flow with no full stops just commas.)
Punctuation- Creates rhythm
"Still I rise"- Maya Angelou is mostly an enjambment and has lots of punctuation
"Say No"-Gcina Mhlophe is a long enjambment
6)Speaker/ narrator-is the person that tells the poem. (Persona). "Still I rise" Maya Angelou tells us about her triumphs and how she overcomes. "Coal"- Audre Lorde is based on the words she speaks and wishes to speak because of he color of her skin.
4) Figurative Language-imagery and Allusions
Imagery: Uses figures of speech:
Personification
Simile
Metaphors
Irony
Allusions-indirect text or phrase
Maya Angelou-Still I rise
She uses personification and metaphor to convey meaning
Letter from a contract worker- Antonio Jacinto has alot of figurative speech
Coal- Audre Lorde is filled with metaphors and personification
5) Sound-Rhythm & Melody.
Rythm is based on the number of syllables per line
Melody is sound affects like rhyme, alliteration, assonance and consonance
8) Symbol- a place or thing
Letter from a contract worker has a symbol of the palm trees they spent their days under when they saw each other.
7) Time: Setting
Clarifies when and where in the poem
10) Ideas & themes
Ideas in Say No is the way black people were treated during apartheid.
Ideas to Letter from a contract worker is that he is writing to his lover
9) Form-Stanzas
Maya Angelou-still I rise- 9 stanzas
Gcina Mhlophe- Say No- 7 stanzas
Antonio Jacinto-Letter from a contract worker- 6 stanzas
Audre Lorde-Coal-3 stanzas