Monday, Dec 14th
HW: poetry study guide
Warm Up: Read these two
haiku—what do they have in
common? How are they different?
Winter solitude-in a world of one color
the sound of the wind.
Autumn moonlight-a worm digs silently
into the chestnut.
OBJ: I can compare and contrast
poems by marking and conducting a close read.
two haiku by Basho
Winter solitude-in a world of one color
the sound of the wind.
A field of cotton-as if the moon
had flowered.
What about these
two? Are they
more similar or
different than the
first pair?
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
From “The Prelude” by William Wordsworth
—All shod with steel,
We hiss'd along the polish'd ice, in games
Confederate*, imitative of the chace
And woodland pleasures, the resounding horn,
The Pack loud bellowing, and the hunted hare.
So through the darkness and the cold we flew,
And not a voice was idle; with the din,
Meanwhile, the precipices rang aloud,
The leafless trees, and every icy crag
Tinkled like iron, while the distant hills
Into the tumult sent an alien sound
Of melancholy, not unnoticed, while the stars,
Eastward, were sparkling clear, and in the west
The orange sky of evening died away.
* united in alliance or conspiracy
With Your Team
1. Compare and Contrast your
Poems
2. Work on the rest of your presentation, as
needed
3. Go back over your poetry pre-test—that is
your study guide for the test on Wednesday.
Why was it helpful to
analyze your poems in
detail before trying to
compare and contrast
them?