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POETRY:First things FIRST

POETRY:First things FIRST. AP Literature American Literature Grade 10. FIRST is an acronym for initial analysis of a poem. F: Formal or Free Verse? I: Imagery: Consistent or Varied? R: Rhyme and/or Rhythm S: Sound and Senses T: Tone and Theme. Formal Are there stanzas? Is there rhyme?

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POETRY:First things FIRST

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  1. POETRY:First things FIRST AP Literature American Literature Grade 10

  2. FIRST is an acronym for initial analysis of a poem. • F: Formal or Free Verse? • I: Imagery: Consistent or Varied? • R: Rhyme and/or Rhythm • S: Sound and Senses • T: Tone and Theme

  3. Formal Are there stanzas? Is there rhyme? Are the lines of the same syllabic length? Is there any repetition? Free verse Does it look like one big stanza? No end rhyme? Are the lines of varied syllabic lengths? F: Formal or Free Verse?

  4. Consistent Are the images linked in some way—like season, neighborhood, history, occupation, category? Ex: military, vegetation, art, music, animals, architecture, royalty? Varied Are the images strung together like a charm bracelet or a collage, randomly chosen? Imagery

  5. Rhyme End Rhyme? Eye Rhyme? Slant rhyme? Internal Rhyme? Rhythm Count Syllables-regular? Look up polysyllabic words—where is the stress? Iamb Trochee Dactyll Anapest Spondee Caesura Rhyme and /or rhythm

  6. Alliteration Assonance Consonance Euphony Cacophony Onomatopoeia MNLR: musical consonants Sight Sound Taste Touch/texture Smell Kinesthesia/Movement Sound and Sense

  7. Tone Attitude of the speaker toward the audience Attitude of the poet toward the reader Attitude of the poet toward society Emotional/adjectives Theme The statement that can be made about human nature or behavior as a result of experiencing the poem. Can be advice, warning, or simply observational Always a sentence. Tone and Theme

  8. SOAP Subject Occasion Audience Purpose

  9. Word Choice Denotation Connotation Diction High: Formal Low: Casual Academic Jargon Slang Vernacular 26 letters….word choice and diction

  10. Figures of speech: Metaphor Metaphor:Comparison: not using like/as (x is y) Simile: Comparison: using like/as (x is like y) Metonymy:a closely related term is substituted for an object or idea. An example: "We have always remained loyal to the crown.“ Synecdoche: a part is substituted for the whole. An example: "Lend me a hand."

  11. Other terms… Hyperbole:exaggeration Symbol: means more than itself Ode: serious exalted Elegy: funereal poetry

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