Poetry IV / Julius Caesar Act IV

College Prep 12

• Notes on how to analyze a poem:

How to Interpret Poetry



1. Read it through. (out loud?)
a. Get initial impression/image/literal meaning/context
2. Second read
a. Examine vocabulary
b. Look for symbols and metaphors
i. free associate meanings/brainstorm
ii. group discussion if possible
iii. select meanings to match context
3. Third read
a. Make connections
b. Determine poem’s intent; what is being said at a figurative/abstract level.
c. Personal reaction

• Distribute Bryon's "So We'll Go No More A Roving"
• Read and analyze for discussion tomorrow:
  

So we’ll go no more a roving
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.

For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul wears out the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
And love itself have rest.

Though the night was made for loving,
And the day returns too soon,
Yet we’ll go no more a roving
By the light of the moon.

Grade 10

• Finish Act IV
• Discuss
• Hand back Oration assignment
• Review and discuss