Cornell Notes for Perrine Poetry Ch 3: “Denotation & Connotation” Name: ______________________
AP Literature: Ms. Stacey/Ms. Julie
Date: ____________ Pd: _______
DIRECTIONS: Use this guide to take notes on Perrine’s Poetry Ch 3 (pages 757–763). Be prepared to
articulate these ideas in your own words and apply them! When you see a , the answer can be found in the
book. When you see a ☻, it means you have to think and respond on your own, often making an inference or
offering your opinion.
Cues and Questions
☻ Before reading
Perrine’s explanation,
what do you think it
means that “a fuller use is
made of individual words”
in poetry? (757)
 What are the three
parts of a word? Define
each. (757)
☻ After reading “There is
no Frigate like a Book,”
choose one word from the
poem and analyze its
connotations. How would
the meaning or feelings be
different if this word were
change? (758)
 How do writers using
language mainly for
communication and poets
differ? (759)
Notes
☻ What does Perrine
mean when he says poets
seek “the most meaningful
words”? (760)
 What can be the
results of a poet’s diction?
(760-761)
☻ Read “Pathedy of
Manners”
Q3: Why are the poet’s
words more effective than
these possible synonymsL
“captured” (3) rather than
learned; “conversed” (8)
rather than chatted,
gossiped, or talked;
“catalogues” (10) rather
than volumes or
multitudes?
 How is the ambiguity
of words an obstacle to
scientists? How is it an
advantage to poets? (762763)