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A Short Analysis of the Poem: The Black Walnut Tree

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A Story from the Farm The poem ?The Black Walnut Tree? was written by Mary Oliver in 1979 and was first published in the poetry collection Twelve Moons. There is not much background as to why this poem was written, perhaps it was just an idea Mary Oliver had. The poem is written in complete free verse on the subject of financial struggle. The poem shows the difficult decisions that face families from time to time. The poem opens in the narrator's point of view where it shall stay throughout the whole poem. It is a very personal story of the farm that was once fruitful, but now has withered away to the point that the family is debating to sell their beloved walnut tree to pay for the mortgage. The piece is written in prose so that the impact may be greater for the reader.

AP Lit Final

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Key Facts full title?????Sir Gawain and the Green Knight author????Anonymous; referred to as the Gawain-poet or the Pearl-poet type of work????Alliterative poem genre????Romance, Arthurian legend language????Middle English (translated into modern English) time and place written????Ca.?1340?1400, West Midlands, England publisher????The original work circulated for an unknown length of time in manuscript format. It now exists as MS Cotton Nero A.x, fols.?91r?124v, held at the British Library. Many different modern English and original-language editions exist. narrator????Third person omniscient

AP English Terms

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AP English III & IV Literary Terms Note: 1. Terms denoted with an asterisk (*) indicate terms that are applicable to both plays and fiction. 2. An asterisk (*) next to a term in a definition indicates that the term is defined elsewhere. Drama Act ? a major division in the action of the play, comprising one or more *scenes. A break between acts often coincides with a point at which the plot jumps ahead in time. ?

Beowulf: Who's the Man?

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Abir Chowdhury 25 September 2012 Grendel Grendel is ?the man? in this work of literature. He is the obstacle which most men were faced with in this epic story. The monster Grendel is what made men run, hide in the shadows, and not come out in plain sight. There was no way to get away from Grendel as ?..the only survivors were those who fled him.? This showed that Grendel dominated the hearts and souls of those he scared by making them flee whenever he came near to them. It is described vividly how ferocious and relentless Grendel was during his killings. He was relentless on his attacks and therefore was ?the man? in this story.

The Epic of Gilgamesh Brief Notes

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"The oldest story in the world" -Gilgamesh is the King of Urak(near Babylon) *Strong and handsome *Tyrant -Enkidu: was made by a women out of clay *Roamed the wilderness *Protector of the animals -Shamhat:Priestest *Has sex with Kings and Priests *Civilizes men -Enkidu meets Shamhat and is civilized and becomes man, fights Gilgamesh and eventually they become true friends.

"Jabberwocky" By: Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)

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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ? Born 27 January 1832(1832-01-27)?Daresbury, Cheshire, England Died 14 January 1898 (aged?65)?Guildford, Surrey, England Pen name Lewis Carroll Occupation Author, Mathematician, Anglican Clergyman, Photographer, Logician Nationality British Genres Children's literature, fantasy literature, poetry, literary nonsense Notable work(s) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, "The Hunting of the Snark", "Jabberwocky" JABBERWOCKY Lewis Carroll (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872) `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves???Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:?All mimsy were the borogoves,???And the mome raths outgrabe.

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Poetry Literary Terms Alliteration?The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words. Example: "Fetched fresh, as I suppose, off some sweet wood." Hopkins, "In the Valley of the Elwy." Assonance?The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry or prose, as in "I rose and told him of my woe." Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" contains assonantal "I's" in the following lines: "How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, / Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself." Ballad A narrative poem, telling a simple dramatic story of love, war or adventure, with a brisk rhythm and regular rhyme, e.g. John Keats' "La Belle Dame sans Merci"

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Figurative Devices Sound devices - used to emphasize certain sounds in writing alliteration - the repetition of initial consonant sounds assonance - the repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words consonance - repetition of middle or final consonant sounds in neighboring words meter - regular pattern of stressed and ustressed syllables; gives poems a pattern free verse - poetry with no fixed pattern of meter or rhyme blank verse - poetry written in iambic pentameter Figurative devices - expresses truth beyond the literal level simile - direct comparison between unlike things using "like" or "as" metaphor - comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

"The Raven" Questions

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Raven Questions A. With what internal conflict does the speaker struggle? • The speaker struggles with the death of Lenore. B. Identify examples of alliteration, the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Noticed how often this sound device occurs in this narrative poem. What is the effect? • The effect makes this poem sound more rhythmic and catchy. C. What can you conclude about the speaker from the ways he reacts to the raven’s entrance? • We can conclude that the speaker is somewhat delighted amused about the bird sitting at his chamber door. D. Notice the internal rhyme-similar or identical sounds within a line-of the words master and disaster. Find examples of internal rhyme in other stanzas, and notice how they help emphasize certain words.

Literary Terms for Poetry

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rhetorical devices in poetry

A vocabulary list (and their definitions) of rhetorical devices that express some of the compontents that poetry in literature has.

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