For Tuesday:
1. Read the entire poem at least 3-4 times. Look up any unfamiliar words in the dictionary.
2. Find your assigned stanza and read it again several times. Read it out loud. Pay attention to how it sounds.
3. Now re-read it with a pen or pencil in hand, and start to mark up the passage. Answer these questions:
-What is its meter, and does it diverge at any point from its regular meter? (Mark stressed and unstressed beats)
-What is its rhyme scheme (the pattern of rhymes)?
Does it use any of the following techniques?:
-alliteration (repetition of first letter of word: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)
-consonance (repetition of consonant sounds within words: lift sweet and swift)
-assonance (molten golden notes)
4. Look for unusual images, metaphors, similes, and surprising word choices. Look for repeated images, patterns in language, shifts in tone, etc. Underline, circle, or make whatever notations will help you. Make notes to yourself in the margins.
Due: Friday, Jan. 23 in class
Write an analysis of 1-2 pages on your stanza, analyzing how and why Tennyson uses these techniques. What mood does he create? How does the sound of the words add to my understanding of the poem? Why does he choose one word/image over another?
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