b1-Unit-Ten-poet.ppt

UnitTen Poems Pre readingquestion Tagore spoemsarenotedfortheirbeautyandsimplicity Haveyoueverreadanyofthem Ifso howdoyoulikehisstyle WheredoesTagore swideappealcomefrom 1 Tagore sPoems Introduction 1 IsTagorejustapoet 2 Whatishisfamilybackground 3 Namesomeofhismasterpieces 4 Commentonhiscareer Answerthefollowingquestions 1 Inpoetry themeistheabstractconceptwhichismadeconcretethroughitsrepresentationinperson action andimageinthework What sthethemeofthepoem 2 Whydoesthepoetdescribethesunsetandtheboy 3 Inthepoem is thewidowedland anexampleofsimileormetaphor Whyisthelandcomparedtoawidow 4 Synecdocheisaformofmetaphorwhichinmentioningapartsignifiesthewhole Isthephrase mothers hearts inthefifthparagraphanexampleofsynecdoche Whatdoesthepoetcomparemothers heartsto 5 Explainthesentence younglivesgladwithagladnessthatknowsnothingofitsvaluefortheworld para 5 6 Toneisthemannerinwhichanauthorexpresseshisorherattitude theintonationofthevoicethatexpressesmeaning Whatisthetoneofthepoem 7 Connotationcombinesthedictionarymeaningofawordwiththeexperienceofthepoetandtheexperienceofthereader Whatdoesthetitle TheHome connote 8 DoesthepoemremindyouofanyworkswrittenbyMazhiyuan Benediction I Answerthefollowingquestions 1 Pointouttheparallelism caesuraandinternalrhymein Helovesthelightofthesun helovesthesightofhismother sface Paraphrasethesentence 2 Whatdoesthephrase hundredcross roads inpara 5suggest 3 Whatisthebabyblessedwith Why 4 What stheimpliedmeaningofthesentence thoughthewaves thehavenofpeace inpara 9 5 Towhomisthepoettalking Whatishetalkingabout 6 Refrainisagroupofwordsformingaphraseorsentenceandconsistingofoneormorelinesrepeatedatintervalsinapoem usuallyattheendofastanza Is andblesshim anexampleofrefrain Whyis blesshim repeatednowandtheninthepoem II Questionforconsiderationanddiscussion Doesthepoemreflectthepoet sbeliefthatthechildisanidea asymbolofthenewlife OntheSeashore 1 Personificationisakindofmetaphorthatgivesinanimateobjectsorabstractideashumancharacteristics Findexamplesofpersonificationsinthepoem 2 Asymbolissomethingthatissimultaneouslyitselfandasignofsomethingelse Inthepoem whatdoseaandseashoresymbolizerespectively 3 Thepoetdescribesvividlythescenesofchildrenplayingontheseashoreinthecontrastivemethod Findoutthecontrastivescenes thendiscussabouttheirimpliedmeanings 4 Arethelastthreeparagraphssimilarinthestructure Why 5 Whataretherefrainsinthepoem Whatisimpliedintherepeatedwords 6 Whatisthetoneandthethemeofthepoem TheGift 1 What sthegifttheparentsgivetothechild Dotheyexpectanythinginreturnfromtheirchild Why not 2 Whatdoriver barrierandmountainsymbolizeinthepoemrespectively 3 Howdocommentontheparentalloveafterreadingthepoem StrongMercy Answerthefollowingquestions Whatgiftsareofferedtothepoet Whatchangeshavehappenedtothepoet 3 Is strongmercy anoxymoronorparadox Whatdoesitimply 4 Whyistheworddesirementionedthreetimes Whatisthethemeofthepoem Makeyourcommentonit Questionforconsiderationanddiscussion Havingstudiedthepoem canyoudiscusswithyourpartnerwhyGitanjaliearnedTagoretheNobelPrizeforLiterature Lotus Whyis sweetness mentionedagainandagain Whatistheimpliedmeaningof thisperfectsweetnesshadblossomedinthedepthofmyownheart Whyistherefrain Iknewitnot used Whatdoesitreferto LampofLove Answerthefollowingquestions 1 Whatdolightandnightsymbolizerespectivelyinthepoem 2 Explainthesentence Thereisthelampbutneveraflickerofaflame issuchthyfate myheart 3 Howdoyouinterpretthetitle LampofLove QuestionsforConsideration 1 SurftheInternetandgettheinformationaboutIndiabeingaBritishcolony Discussaboutthethemeofthepoem 2 NamesomeChinesepatrioticpoems andcomparethemwith LampofLove Dickinson spoems Dickinsonisoneofthemosthighly regardedAmericanpoets Beforereadingherpoems thinkaboutthefollowingquestions Doyouwanttobesomebodyornobody Whichisbroader thebrainorthesky Why I 1 Thebirdofhopeasksfornofavororpriceinreturnforitssweetsong Hopeisafreegift Itexistsforallofus Birdsneverstopsingingtheirsongofhope2 Thebird scontinuoussongrepresentseternalhope 3 Thebird ssongofhopeisthesweetestinthestrongwind 4 Apersonwhodestroyshopewithastormofangerandnegativityfeelsthepaintheycauseinothers Dickinsonusesapowerfulimageofapersonabashingthebirdofhopethatgivescomfortandwarmthforsomanypeople IfICanStopOneHeartFromBreaking 1 Itisablisstohelpothers I mnobody Whoareyou I 1 Frogreferstosomebody Bog admirersofadmirersofcelebrity TheBrain iswiderthantheSky 1 Theskyandthesea2 ThispoemfollowsABCBrhymeschemesineachstanza andusesthelongdashasarhythmicdevicedesignedtobreakuptheflowofthemeter格律andindicateshortpauses 3 them refersto TheBrain theSky 4 Itiswritteninanoptimistictone Hispoemconveysatoneofawe contemplationandreverence Thepoetisheldinwonderofthecapacityofourminds Alongwiththatfeelingofaweandwondermentisoneofhappinessandjoy Sheusesbright happycolorslike BluetoBlue sweetandsoothingsoundsandreferenceslike SyllablefromSound andenergeticandoptimisticwordslike Heft and Buckets allthatenhancethefeelingofhappinessandstrengthofthetone 5 Thepoeteulogizesthegreatthinkingability creativityofhuman sbrain Successiscountedsweetest 1 Thenectarandthevictoriousarmy 2 ThestanzashererhymeaccordingtoanABCBscheme sothatthesecondandfourthlinesineachstanzaconstitutethestanza sonlyrhyme 4 Successisconsideredsweetestbythosewhoneversucceed Thingscanonlybeappreciatedwhentheyareinsoreurgentneed Thepersonbestqualifiedtoevaluatetheimpactofsuccessisthevanquishedratherthanthevictor Thepersonwhobestunderstandsthemeaningofsuccessisthepersonwhofails 5 Thetoneisunemotionalandimpersonal thepoetisreportingandinterpretingwhatsheseesbutrefrainsfromexpressingsympath