Envy By: Mary Lamb

1. EnvyBy: Mary Lamb Anajiah Gunther

3. Poetic Structure • Style of Poem: Rhythmic • Stanzas: 3 • Lines: 18 • Rhythmic Poem: - The poem was organized in a rhythmic way to create a steady beat for the poem. • The poem’s speaker is Mary Lamb talking about different people, but using plants to describe them.

4. Poetic Terms AA B B C C Rhyme: Repetition of a stressed vowel sound and any sounds that follow it in words that are close together in a poem. This poem particularly has end rhyme, which is the rhymes in poetry occurring at the ends of lines. D D E E F F G G H H I I

5. Poetic Terms Imagery: Word or phrase that appears to one or more of the 5 senses. This part of the poem applies to the sense of sight, it shows being able see the “pretty flower” and the “red rose” and it also applies to the sense of smell, being able to “Had ever smelled its rose’s scent.”

6. Poetic Terms Personification: Type of metaphor, human qualities are given to something that is not human, such as an object, an animal, a force of nature, or even an idea. Here, they give a tree human-like characteristics, like being blind and senseless.

7. Rose-Tree

8. Flower

9. People of Different Cultures

10. Tree

11. The Poet • Mary Lamb • Born December 3rd 1764 • Sister of Charles Lamb • Learned about writing from her father and later collaborated with her brother in writing • Suffered from bipolar disorder, which resulted in episodes • In one of her “episodes” she killed her mother and injured her father • Was sent to a madhouse, and later in custody of her younger brother, Charles Lamb • In the time, she developed a writing relationship with her brother and they often collaborated in writing • When she published poems, she didn’t used her name, she instead used her brother’s name because Mary didn’t want unwanted publicity prior to her episode. • Published many poems- most of them under her brother’s name • Style was collections of poetry and prose for children • Famous for her collaboration with her brother on the Tales of Shakespeare.

12. So…. What’s The Meaning? • The meaning of the poem is no one is happy with themselves in society, even when everyone sees that nothing is wrong with them. The meaning can also mean everyone wants to change something, but it can’t always be changed. • By what you know about Lamb, she wasn’t happy with herself because she killed her mom and couldn’t stop her disorder, this reflects in this poem. • Conveys no matter what, she sees what she did and she wants to change it, even though aside from her episodes, everyone thinks she’s very intelligent and nice.

13. So…. What’s The Meaning? • Discontent: Dissatisfaction • Fret: To be upset, unhappy, or worried • If this “tree” was not satisfied, or wanted to change themselves, it would still be upset and want to change even more.

14. So…. What’s The Meaning? • “red rose”: beauty • “rose’s scent”: sweetness If it were upset, you would suppose it would have never seen its own “red rose.” And even after being showered with compassion, it had never smelled its “rose’s scent.” If they could just see how much they really are, they would never be upset with themselves.

15. So…. What’s The Meaning? • “blind and senseless tree”: someone who just doesn’t care about themselves • envious: a feeling of resentment, jealousy, or desire brought on by another person’s abilities, possessions, or good fortune. She’s pictured this is just someone who has given up and doesn’t care. And then states that all envious people are jealous of something, wanting to change themselves for that desire. But they need to realize, that with everything that one “pretty flower” in their mind is the real them.

16. Author’s Meaning, Purpose, and Lesson? • The literal meaning is • The intended lesson is to just be yourself.

17. THE END.