Why should you now look for poetic devices and figurative language?

I now understand all the literal and structural purposes

Why then seek the CONNOTATIVE meaning of a poem?

The connotation of words are mean to evoke emotion.

Why read a poem once to yourself silently?

To get & record any emotional reactions or feelings.

What should I pay attention to when determining the poem's structure and organization?

Number of stanzas, Overall length, How ideas are grouped

How the author thinks about the topic

Why should the reader identify the poem's speaker?

Because it's not always the author, Heps understand perspective, Helps identify the audience

Symbols, colors, or objects that stand for a feeling/belief, The idea or belief meaning of a concrete noun.

Why would a poet use a rhyme scheme?

To deepen the meaning and emphasize an idea.

Why first look for the LITERAL meaning?

The straightforward version is there and needs translated.

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Why should you now look for poetic devices and figurative language?
I now understand all the literal and structural purposes
They are too hard.
It takes so long to figure out what they mean.
Poetic devices can be sound, imagery, and other fig. lang.
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Why then seek the CONNOTATIVE meaning of a poem?
Because denotation is the dictionary definition.
Connotation removes all emotion from the language used.
The connotation of words are mean to evoke emotion.
The word "mother" might make you think of love and security.
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Why read a poem once to yourself silently?
There are hard words in it.
To get & record any emotional reactions or feelings.
Because I might have to read it out loud.
So I can understand it.
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What should I pay attention to when determining the poem's structure and organization?
Number of stanzas
Overall length
How ideas are grouped
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What is TONE?
How the audience feels about a topic
How the author thinks about the topic
The author's tone of voice when reading
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Why should the reader identify the poem's speaker?
Because it's not always the author
The reader is the speaker.
Heps understand perspective
Helps identify the audience
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What is SYMBOLISM?
Symbols, colors, or objects that stand for a feeling/belief
The idea or belief meaning of a concrete noun.
Light and sun can stand for wisdom and knowledge.
Symbols are meant to evoke emotion from the reader.
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How much of a poem relates to its central idea or theme?
The title.
All of it.
The first and last stanza
What is a theme?
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Why would a poet use a rhyme scheme?
To deepen the meaning and emphasize an idea.
Because children might be reading the poem.
All poems rhyme, don't they?
So that I can then sing it like a song.
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Why first look for the LITERAL meaning?
There are too many literary devices and figurative language.
All good poetry is difficult
Because that is what the author literally means
The straightforward version is there and needs translated.

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