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I.Poetry Analysis

Analyze the Shakesperare poem sonnet #40.

“Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all:

What hast thou then more than thou hadst before?

No love, my love, that thou mayst true love call—

All mine was thine before thou hadst this more.

Then if for my love thou my love receivest,

I cannot blame thee for my love thou usest;

But yet be blamed if thou this self deceivest

By wilful taste of what thyself refusest.

I do forgive thy robb’ry, gentle thief,

Although thou steal thee all my poverty;

And yet love knows it is a greater grief

To bear love’s wrong than hate’s known injury.

Lascivious grace, in whom all ill well shows,

Kill me with spites, yet we must not be foes.”

Discuss the following characteristics of poetry:

1.Comparative language,including symbol,metaphor,simile,personification,allusion.

－List two examples from the poem.

－Clearly state what is being compared(A=B).

－Suggest possible interpretations.

2.Imagery(Appealing to the senses).

－List two examples of a phrase that appeals to the senses.

－Name the sense(s)to which it appeals.

－Describe what it allows you to imagine.

3.Use of language

－List two examples of effective language use.

－For each,evaluate why the example is effective(good words,alliteration,assonance,

consonance,rhythm,rhyme,etc.)

－Substitute in words or phrases that are less effective in order to illustrate the strength of the

original.

4.Originality(Avoidance of cliché)

－List at least one example of originality or of cliché(ideas,images,phrases).

－Explain why or how this example is or is not creative.For instance,compare the poem to poems

previously studied.

－Substitute an example that is less or more creative.

5.Provide an interpretation of the poem’s meaning.Support your interpretation with specific details from

the poem.

II.Recite a poem.