ENGLISH 4
SEVEN STEP LESSON
APRIL 29, 2013
A VALEDICTION:
FORBIDDING MOURNING
DO NOW: IF YOU
WERE LEAVING SOMEONE FOR A LONG TIME WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE PERSON WHOM YOU
LOVE AND WERE LEAVING BEHIND? IF YOU
WERE THE ONE BEING LEFT BEHIND WHAT WOULD YOU WANT YOUR LOVED ONE TO SAY TO
YOU? COLLECT YOUR THOUGHTS FIRST AND
THEN DEVELOP A SHORT PARAGRAPH IN RESPONSE TO THIS.
DIRECT INSTRUCTION: READ PAGE 340 AND TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO
THE LITERARY FOCUS SECTION AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
- WHAT ARE METAPHYSICAL CONCEITS?
- GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF A METAPHYSICAL CONCEIT.
- IN WHAT WAY DID THE METAPHYSICAL POETS USE THESE CONCEITS?
- WHAT WOULD A METAPHYSICAL POET BE TRYING TO SAY IF THEY WERE USING THESE IMAGES IN A POEM:
- A LOVER’S TEARS ARE NEWLY MINTED COINS
- THE KING’S COURT IS A BOWLING ALLEY
- A MAN IS A WORLD
- LOVERS ARE HOLY SAINTS
- WHAT DOES THIS WRITER MEAN WHEN HE SAYS “IN THIS POEM, THE LOVERS ARE COMPARED TO THE TWO PRONGS OF A COMPASS (THE KIND USED TO DRAW CIRCLES IN GEOMETRY
- IN THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON PAGE 340 WHO DID WALTON SAY DONNE WROTE THIS POEM FOR?
- WHERE DID DONNE TRAVEL AND WHAT TYPE OF JOB DID HE HOLD?
- WHAT DID DONNE’S WIFE URGE HIM TO DO?
- AS A RESULT OF DONNE NOT LISTENING TO HIS WIFE WHAT WERE THE RESULTS?
- DESCRIBE THE VISION THAT DONNE HAD.
- WHO WAS ROBERT DRURY?
- IN WHAT WAY WOULD YOU SAY THAT THIS VISION IMPACTED DONNE?
GUIDED PRACTICE:
- READ THE FIRST TWO PARAGRAPHS. WHY DO YOU THINK THE SPEAKER OF THIS POEM IS URGING HIS LOVED ONE (WIFE) TO DEPART FROM HIM?
- READ THE THIRD STANZA. WHAT IS THIS SAYING ABOUT THE PHENOMENON OF THE EARTH?
- WHAT IS THE FOURTH STANZA SAYING ABOUT LOVERS?
- WHAT SIMILE IS USED IN THE SIXTH STANZA?
- WHAT SEPARATION IS BEING REFERRED TO IN THE SIXTH STANZA?
- DEFINE METAPHYSICAL POETRY ON PAGE 1423.
- EXAMINE STANZA SEVEN. WHAT ARE THE HUSBAND AND WIFE BEING COMPARED TO?
- WHAT MAKES THE DESCRIPTION OR COMPARISON USED IN STANZA SEVEN A METAPHYSICAL CONCEIT?
- WHAT DOES THE EIGHTH STANZA SUGGEST ABOUT COMPLETENESS AND COMING HOME?
- A CIRCLE SYMBOLIZES COMPLETENESS. IN WHAT WAY IS COMPLETENESS SYMBOLIZED HERE?
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
EXAMINE THE EXAMPLES GIVEN UNDER THE CATEGORY METAPHYSICAL POETS ON PAGE 340.
SELECT A DESCRIPTION
SUCH AS “A LOVER’S TEARS ARE NEWLY MINTED COINS,” “THE
KING’S COURT IS A BOWLING ALLEY,” “A MAN IS A WORLD” AND “LOVERS ARE HOLY
SAINTS” AND THEN CREATE A POEM OF YOUR OWN CENTERING AROUND THESE
DESCRIPTIONS. YOU CAN ALSO THINK OF YOUR
OWN METAPHYSICAL CONCEITS AND CREATE YOUR OWN POEM.
EXIT TICKET: ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:
(1)
HOW WOULD YOU PARAPHRASE THE SIMILE IN LINES
1-8?
(2)
EXAMINE LINES 1-8 AGAIN. WHAT EMOTIONS DOES THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH
EVOKE?
(3)
THE SPEAKER TELLS HIS WIFE THAT THEIR LOVE IS
DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF OTHER COUPLES.
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES HE SEE AND HOW DOES HE EXPRESS IT.
(4)
WHY DO YOU THINK DONNE REFERS TO IRREGULAR
EVENTS ON EARTH AND IN THE HEAVENS IN LINES 9-12? WHAT KIND OF EVENTS ARE LIKE THE SEPARATION
OF LOVERS?
(5) HOW
WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE CONCEIT DONNE USS IN LINES 25-36
AND WHAT DOES IT SUGGEST ABOUT THE
NATURE OF LOVE?
