“Love” Poems 2
- all love is not romance
Directions1. Read all 4 poems
2. Answer the question at the bottom of each poem in a full sentence
3. After you have read them all- CUSH 3 of the poems
Poem 5
a.
Circle words you find unfamiliar
b.
Underline (and label!) at least 2 terms
c.
*Star* the line(s) that you think imply or state a theme
d.
Or Highlight instead of underlining (but still label!)
“My Mistress Eyes”
Sonnet 130
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
William Shakespeare
What is this a love poem to?
Poem 6
“I Am in Need of Music”
I am in need of music that would flow
Over my fretful, feeling fingertips,
Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips,
With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow.
Oh, for the healing swaying, old and low,
Of some song sung to rest the tired dead,
A song to fall like water on my head,
And over quivering limbs, dream flushed to glow!
There is a magic made by melody:
A spell of rest, and quiet breath, and cool
Heart, that sinks through fading colors deep
To the subaqueous stillness of the sea,
And floats forever in a moon-green pool,
Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep.
Elizabeth Bishop
What is this a love poem to?
Poem 6
“PHENOMENAL WOMAN”
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing of my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Maya Angelou
*this is only the first half of the poem
What is this a love poem to?
Poem 7
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on that sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas
What is this a love poem to?
Questions
1. Which poem did you like the best? Why?
2. Which poem makes the best love poem? Why?
a. Use a different term in your response
Pick a poem to focus on
Poem Title_____________________________________
1. What are 2 questions you have about this piece?
a.
b.
2. What are some of the emotional tones of this piece?
What evidence can you use?
a.
b.
3. Is there imagery in this poem?
What kinds of imagery? (sight, smell, taste, touch, sound)
What evidence you use?
4. What else can you say about the style of this piece? (use your terms)
Term____________________
Term____________________
5. What are some of the motifs?
What evidence you use?
a.
b.
6. What is 1 theme in this poem?
Example_____________________________
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