poem C Day-Lewis – Walking Away
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Analyzing Literary Techniques and Subgenres
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Browse the poems in this poetry collection. If you can’t decide where to begin, read a featured poem or scan the list of most popular poets. Select a poem you like and print it out or copy it by hand. Read the poem out loud (or listen to it online, if possible). Now, set a timer for 10 minutes and write everything that comes to mind about the poem and its theme or meaning, images, use of figurative language, structure,and rhyme.
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Use this glossary to learn more about the literary forms you read about in this lesson (satire, parody, allegory, pastoral, biography, myth, and fable). Select one form, write about its features, and find examples of it in a recent work you read. What are the techniques the author uses to create the desired effect? Find at least three examples of the author’s use of words, phrases, symbols, or rhyme and rhythm. In the space below explain the style and how the author achieves that style.
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It may have occurred to you that television and movies employ techniques similar to those used in works of literature. Flashback, foreshadowing, personification, and symbolism are all prevalent in works written for the small screen and the big screen, especially, but not exclusively, in dramas and horror films. You might find examples of these techniques employed in some of your favorite films or television shows. List all the examples you can think of where literary terms apply to these other media.
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