Objectives:
Thursday :
- Read the chapter introduction on pages 792-795. Discuss the use of allusion in "Out, out-" by Robert Frost.
Assignment: Choose one of the other poems in the Allusion chapter. Read and analyze the poem, and research the meaning of the allusion if necessary. You will be explaining the allusion and meaning to the class tomorrow.
Friday:
- Presentations of the poems each student chose.
- Class reading and discussion of William Butler Yeats.
- Examine various literary devices used in poetry
- Analyze the literary device of allusion used in poetry to reveal theme
- Show how allusion is similar in effect to connotative language as well as to symbolism
Thursday :
- Read the chapter introduction on pages 792-795. Discuss the use of allusion in "Out, out-" by Robert Frost.
Assignment: Choose one of the other poems in the Allusion chapter. Read and analyze the poem, and research the meaning of the allusion if necessary. You will be explaining the allusion and meaning to the class tomorrow.
Friday:
- Presentations of the poems each student chose.
- Class reading and discussion of William Butler Yeats.