Your Name
Kannengieszer
Honors English 12
25 January 2016
Romantic Poetry Project
Poem #1
The Poison Tree by William Blake
Text of Poem (read in class)
I was angry with my friend: A
I told my wrath, my wrath did end. A
I was angry with my foe: B
I told it not, my wrath did grow. B
And I watered it in fears, C
Night and morning with my tears; C
And I sunned it with smiles, D
And with soft deceitful wiles. D
And it grew both day and night, E
Till it bore an apple bright. E
And my foe beheld it shine. F
And he knew that it was mine, F
And into my garden stole H
When the night had veiled the pole; H
In the morning glad I see I
My foe outstretched beneath the tree. I
Interpretive Analysis Paragraph (about poem from class)
Write a paragraph about the meaning of the poem (minimum is 6 sentences).
An analysis consists of facts and commentaries. It is NOT a summary, a listing of facts, or random thoughts. Use the following outline to help you write your analysis paragraph. You must have TWO examples from the poem to support your topic sentence. Your explanation for each example should detail how the example helps prove your topic sentence. You can certainly add additional examples, following the format below, if you feel your topic sentence needs more support.
Paragraph Outline
1. Topic sentence stating title of the poem, the author, and the poem’s theme.
2. Evidence #1: Identify an important line, poetic device, etc.
3. Explain how this evidence supports the theme. (this may take more than one sentence)
4. Evidence #2: Identify an important line, poetic device, etc.
5. Explain how this evidence supports the theme. (this may take more than one sentence)
6. Concluding Sentence
Ten Literary Devices (in poem from class)
1. Personification – line 4-5 (watered wrath, wrath did grow)
2. Imagery – line 14 – “Night had veiled the pole”
3. Rhyme scheme – on poem
4. Assonance – line 7 – 10 (smiles, wiles, night, bright, shine, mine)
5. Mood – vengeful (“glad I see my foe outstretched beneath the tree”)
6. Keep
7. Going
8. With
9. Terms
10. Device--line numbers--text of poem containing device
Song Lyrics (that connect to poem from class) *Please find your own example.
Pumped Up Kicks
By Foster the People
Robert's got a quick hand.
He'll look around the room, he won't tell you his plan.
He's got a rolled cigarette hanging out his mouth, he's a cowboy kid.
Yeah, he found a six shooter gun in his dad's closet hidden with a box of fun things.
I don't even know what but he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you.
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run, outrun my gun.
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run faster than my bullet.
Daddy works a long day.
He be coming home late, he's coming home late.
And he's bringing me a dark surprise.
'Cause dinner's in the kitchen and it's packed in ice.
I've waited for a long time.
Yeah, the sleight of my hand is now a quick-pull trigger.
I reason with my cigarette
And say, "Your hair's on fire, you must've lost your wits, yeah."
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run, outrun my gun.
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run faster than my bullet.
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run, outrun my gun.
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run faster than my bullet.
Comparative Analysis Paragraph (relate song to poem from class)
Write a paragraph explaining what the song means and its thematic connection to the poem.
Paragraph Outline
1. Topic sentence stating title of the song, the artist, and the song’s message.
2. Evidence #1: Identify an important lyric from the song.
3. Explain how lyric supports message/connects to poem. (may take multiple sentences)
4. Evidence #2: Identify an important lyric from the song.
5. Explain how lyric supports message/connects to poem. (may take multiple sentences)
6. Concluding Sentence
(Repeat above steps for a poem that we did NOT read in class).
Text of your Poem
Ten Literary Devices (from your poem)
1. Ten
2. Devices
3. From
4. Your literary
5. Terms sheet
6. And the
7. Example
8. Of where
9. You found them
10. Device—line numbers—text of poem