The portable 11th edition of The Norton Introduction to Literature by
Kelly J.Mays, provides some excellent tools and guides for not only
reading about and understanding poetry, but also for analyzing poems and
writing about them. In her major section on "Responding to Poetry"
(466-474) Kelly Mays outlines "Steps to Follow, Questions to Ask, and
Sample Reading Notes" and follows up with brief advice on "Writing about
Poetry" (474-475)
Kelly Mays also provides excellent explanations to different aspects
of poetry in the introductions to each poetry section chapter:
Speaker(483 and following), Situation and Setting (501 and following),
Theme and Tone(527 and following), Language (544 and following), Imagery
and Figures of Speech (560 and following), Symbol (573 and following),
Sounds (586 and following), Internal Structure (611 and following), and
External Form (632).
Using these resources provided by Kelly J.Mays, write an evaluative
analysis of Those Winter Sundays poem. FOCUS on those elements of a poem
which are most significant to an understanding of what makes it
successful as a poem.
Do speaker, drama, symbol, and tone best explain its success?
Or perhaps situation, setting, rhythm, and sounds are the most significant elements.
Maybe its form (such as a sonnet) or compelling and memorable images are important considerations.
Select four poetic elements that are key to poem's success and
analyze those in essay, explicating and demonstrating what makes it a
good poem.
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