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Annotating Poetry

Posted by Devon Stokes-Bennett on December 11, 2013 in Uncategorized |

Learning Objectives:

  • Annotate and explicate poetry
  • Make inferences and connections
  • Identify and evaluate impact of figurative language

Instructions:poetry

  1. As a class annotate “Hurt” by Michael Trent Reznor.
  2. Examine examples of student explications of the poem “Hurt.” Click here: Explicating Poetry.
  3. Choose one of the following poems to annotate and explicate on your own.

4. Annotate your poem (see example below).
5. Write a 2 paragraph explication (explanation) on your poem (click on Explicating Poetry” link below).
6. Hand in both your annotated poem and your explication (due next Weds)

Resources:

Explicating Poetry

Figures of Speech Handout

Hurt Annotation Example